Cheddar News' Arielle Hixson breaks down the Jan. 6 committee's interest in hearing from Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

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Cheney: January 6 Committee Could Subpoena Ginni Thomas

the world of politics waking up this morning and our aerial Hickson live from the White House, bringing us more on the latest person of interest for the january 6th committee. Good morning Ariel. Good morning baker and Alicia. Well, the january 6th committee is done with public hearings at least for the summer. But the panel's work continues. And Vice chair Liz Cheney said on sunday that work could include a subpoena of jenny thomas. Take a listen. The committee is engaged with her counsel. We certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily. But the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena. Uh if if she does not, um I hope it doesn't get to that. I hope she will come in voluntarily. We've we've certainly spoken with numbers of people who are similarly situated in terms of the discussions that she was having that you've mentioned. So. It's very important for us to speak with her. And uh and as I said, I hope she will agree to do so voluntarily. But but I'm sure we will contemplate a subpoena if she won't Jenny Thomas is the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and she was more involved in the effort after the 2020 election to overturn key states in favor of President Trump. She regularly corresponded with Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows and even reached out to several key lawmakers in Arizona to try to convince them to overturn those results. She originally said that she would voluntarily interview with the committee, but now her legal team is resisting Cheney's comment goes to show that the committee is far from finished with its work and meanwhile, Ariel, as we know President Biden tested positive for Covid late last week. What's the update on his condition? Well, so far, the White House has said that the President's condition continues to improve over the past few days, physician to the President. Dr kevin O'Connor said sunday. The president's primary symptom now is a sore throat, which he called a good sign of that. His body is clearing the virus. Both O'Connor and Dr Ashish joshi. The White House's Covid response coordinator said the president is likely infected with a B a five variant aerial Hickson live from the White House for us this morning, Ariel, thank you so much.