Mr. Paoletta’s letter suggested that the communications between Ms. Thomas and Mr. Eastman, turned over to the committee after Mr. Eastman sued to try to avoid doing so, contain little of note.
“The only other email Mr. Eastman produced where he and Mrs. Thomas communicated directly is from Nov. 6 — a month before Mr. Eastman filed anything on President Trump’s behalf and two months before” the Jan. 6 riot, Mr. Paoletta wrote. “In that email, Mrs. Thomas merely forwarded a document with a few comments to Mr. Eastman and another person. Someone else drafted the document, which discussed ways to address the election fraud concerns held by millions of Americans.”
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You don't say. Could she maybe provide emails to the committee?
“Not a single document shows any coordination between Mrs. Thomas and Mr. Eastman,” he wrote, saying they all had been sent “on or before Dec. 9.”
“It is in this context that Mrs. Thomas has expressed a willingness to try to come before the committee as a means of clearing her name,” Mr. Paoletta wrote. “But, based on my understanding of the facts the committee has in its possession, I do not believe there is currently a sufficient basis to speak with Mrs. Thomas.”
Mr. Paoletta allowed that if the committee revealed additional information, he could reconsider his position. But he expressed concerns about Ms. Thomas appearing before the committee amid what he described as a highly charged atmosphere in which Ms. Thomas had been criticized in the press for her political activity.
At least she has a smart lawyer.
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