Hi, welcome to Full Frontal.
I'm-- well, let me have Kayleigh McEnany introduce me.
I couldn't get out of my head as I watched this--
the White House Correspondents' Association
dinner from 2018 where Sarah Sanders
was so maliciously attacked.
You had Samantha Wolff or Bee, whatever the heck her name is--
Michelle Wolff.
I'm Samantha Bee, not to be confused
with my identical twin Michelle Wolf,
not to be confused with my comic book--
Be Wolf, a fearsome mystical creature
that fights injustice but is unfortunately
always on its period.
I submitted it to Marvel and they called it gruesome,
and not in the way we want.
But speaking of things we do want--
this week, a federal judge in California
ruled that Trump more likely than not illegally
attempted to obstruct the count of electoral votes
and, oh, baby, that is not all.
White House records turned over to congressional
investigators show a seven-hour gap in President
Trump's phone logs.
REPORTER 1: The committee is now investigating whether Trump
communicated that day potentially
using phones that belong to aides, or even burner phones.
Trump said in a statement "I have
no idea what a burner phone is.
To the best of my knowledge, I have
never even heard the term."
Well, John Bolton already disputed Trump's lie.
I mean, Danny has probably flushed
more phones than he's kept.
There's like a zillion photos of Trump looking at cell phones
like they're new cabbages.
If those aren't burners, it's time to give him a jitterbug
and put him out of his misery.
And Trump isn't the only one looking guilty.
Earlier we reported on text messages that illustrate
the extraordinary relationship between Clarence Thomas' wife--
her name is Virginia, a conservative
activist who goes by Ginni, and Trump
Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
REPORTER 2: The messages show she pushed the Trump White
House to fight the results of the 2020 election
on November 10.
She texted Meadows--
"Help this great president stand firm.
The majority knows Biden and the Left is attempting the greatest
heist of our history."
At the same time, Trump was appealing
directly to the Supreme Court to intervene on his behalf.
Basically, Ginni Thomas sent Mark Meadows the worst "U up?"
text ever because she followed it with--
"to overturn the election?"
Well, Ginni Thomas has no official government role.
She is influential.
She and Justice Clarence Thomas are
seen as the Supreme Court's "It" couple, mostly
because they scare small children.
In total, the congressional committee
obtained 29 texts between Thomas and Meadows
with Thomas sending 21 of them.
Ma'am, that ratio is thirsty.
I haven't been this humiliated by someone else's text
since Elizabeth Holmes told Sunny Balwani he was her water
and ocean, meant to be only together, tiger,
and he texted her back, "OK."
But miraculously Thomas' texts were even weirder than that.
MAN: On November 6 she said, "Do not concede.
It takes time for the army who is
gathering for his back. " And then on November 19,
"Make a plan.
Release the Kraken and save us from the left
taking American down."
That shit is nuts, especially considering everyone knows
the only thing the Kraken has ever released
is his comedy podcast "Cracking Up."
Ginni Thomas didn't just try to overthrow the election by text,
she also showed up at the Stop the Steal rally on January 6.
WOMAN: Back in March, Mrs. Thomas
admitted that she went to the Stop
the Steal rally at the Ellipse on January 6,
but claimed she left because it was too cold.
No.
Now I can confirm this as a lie because I have never
heard another white person say they're
leaving because it's too cold.
I mean, this dude was fine and all he wore were his horns.
The revelations about Ginni Thomas' activities
have sparked outrage from Democrats who are pulling out
the big guns by sending a whole entire letter
to the Supreme Court.
The letter calls on Clarence Thomas
to recuse himself from any cases involving
the January 6 attack or efforts to overturn the election.
And if he refuses, he'll have to face the grave consequences
dispensed by our legal system.
Who enforces the law when it comes
to Supreme Court Justices?
So there's no way to enforce these laws.
God damn it.
Didn't anyone read the instructions
before building this country?
It is absolutely bonkers to expect
Clarence Thomas to recuse himself
just because it's the right thing to do.
Doing the worst possible thing is Thomas this whole deal--
from his shitty court opinions to the time
he allegedly sexually harassed Anita Hill
by talking about a porn star named Long Dong Silver,
to the time he tried to open his own restaurant
called Long Dong Silvers.
In 2008 years Clarence Thomas has
only recused himself 32 times far
less than the average Justice.
Clarence Thomas is so dedicated to his job he shows up
even when he clearly shouldn't.
REPORTER 3: Former President Trump,
who asked the Supreme Court earlier
this year to block the committee's
request for his records.
Last month the court declined over the objection
of only one Justice--
Clarence Thomas.
And he would've got away with it too if it
hadn't been for-- oh, he did.
He did get away with it.
The House panel is doing its best
to paint a full picture of what happened on January 6,
but it does not have the power to pursue criminal charges.
Instead, it provides the Justice Department with evidence
and criminal referrals.
The committee has recommended contempt charges
for several Trump aides, including Hollywood heartthrob
Steve Bannon and Mark Meadows, but this week
they expressed frustration with the DOJ for not doing more.
This committee is doing its job, the Department of Justice
needs to do theirs.
The Department of Justice has a duty to act on this referral
and others we have sent.
They sound really unhappy with Merrick Garland.
To be fair, even Merrick Garland seems
unhappy with Merrick Garland.
He has the saddest smiles this side of the orphanage.
The Justice Department needs to pursue a full investigation
into whether Trump and his allies
committed crimes in connection with Jan 6.
Fortunately, at least 800 people have been charged
with participating in the insurrection,
and the Justice Department is widening its inquiry to a range
of pro-Trump figures.
But if the people who stoked and orchestrated the insurrection
don't face real consequences, Republicans
will absolutely use that to help undermine the next election.
If we don't take this seriously the next time
they will succeed.
We'll be right back.