Supreme Court Justie Clarence Thomas
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas poses for the official photo.
  • Trump's lawyers wanted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to help them stop Biden's 2020 election.
  • One Trump lawyer wrote that "our only chance to get a favorable judicial opinion" that "might hold up the Georgia count in Congress, is from Thomas."
  • "I think I agree with this," another Trump-aligned lawyer responded.

Donald Trump's lawyers — who were identified as co-conspirators in Trump's latest federal indictment — wanted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to help them stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.