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House Democrats on Monday called for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a pending case involving former President Donald Trump and the insurrection effort that took place on January 6 , 2021.A letter spearheaded by Rep.
Special Counsel Jack Smith petitioned the court to grant certiorari after Trump's legal team moved to have the case against him thrown out under a claim that he is immune from prosecution due to the fact that he was the sitting president at the time of the alleged criminal conduct. To move the case forward in the lower courts, Smith asked the Supreme Court to rule on the question of claimed immunity.
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