Plus, 100 million people are displaced worldwide.
The January 6 committee is seeking Virginia Thomas's testimony; 100 million people worldwide have fled their homes. Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin. |
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January 6 panel will invite Ginni Thomas to testify |
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- The House Committee investigating January 6 will soon invite Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to testify about her potential involvement in Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. [Politico / Kyle Cheney and Nicholas Wu]
- Committee chair Bennie Thompson (D-MS) announced the decision after emails showed Thomas corresponded with attorney John Eastman. Thompson declined to share the content of the exchange. [Axios / Andrew Solender]
- Eastman, a former clerk to Justice Thomas, led efforts to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to block the certification of President Joe Biden's election win. [CNBC / Dan Mangan and Brian Schwartz]
- After the 2020 election, Ginni Thomas pushed former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Arizona lawmakers to overturn the election results. [Bloomberg / Mike Dorning and Jarrell Dillard]
- Justice Thomas was the only dissenter in a Supreme Court case allowing the National Archives to release White House documents to the January 6 committee, and has resisted calls to recuse himself from cases related to the 2020 election. [CNN]
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100 million displaced people worldwide |
- Conflict, violence, and human rights abuses forced over 100 million people from their homes from the start of 2021 to May 23, 2022, according to the UN's Global Trends report released Thursday. [UNHCR / Global Trends]
- Forced displacement has been rising for the past decade. The Taliban resuming power in Afghanistan and the war in Ukraine have pushed numbers higher. [Axios / Stef W. Kight]
- Roughly 60 percent of displaced people were forced to move within their countries. [CNN / Catherine E. Shoichet]
- This week, UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grande warned that a looming food crisis could add to the numbers. He called on the international community to prevent the trend from worsening. [Al Jazeera]
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Thursday, the House Committee investigating January 6 held its third hearing, this time focusing on Trump's efforts to pressure Mike Pence into blocking Biden's election win. [NPR / Maya Rosenberg] |
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