The lawyer for Virginia “Ginni” Thomas sent a letter Tuesday to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot rejecting its request for his client to sit down for a voluntary interview.

In the eight-page letter obtained by multiple news outlets, attorney Mark Paoletta argues the committee has not provided any evidence that warrants testimony from Thomas, and he expresses concerns about the fairness of the proceedings.

The committee says it has obtained emails between Thomas, a conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and John Eastman, the purported architect of a plan for then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject the 2020 presidential election results based on unsubstantiated claims of widespread election fraud and replace Democratic electors with alternate slates of electors who would vote for Trump. 

The panel also has text messages Ginni Thomas sent to former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows encouraging efforts to challenge Joe Biden’s election win.

Last week, congressional investigators sent a letter to Ginni Thomas, who attended the Jan. 6 rally near the White House but says she left before Trump spoke, asking her to testify. She told The Daily Caller then she couldn’t “wait to clear up misconceptions. I look forward to talking to them.”

Paoletta wrote in his letter Ginni Thomas is still eager to clear her name and willing to speak to the committee, but he also listed reasons he was advising her not to.

He said one of the emails Ginni Thomas sent to Eastman was to invite him to provide a “litigation update” to a group of grassroots activists in December 2020. Paoletta said Ginni Thomas also forwarded Eastman a document written by another individual discussing ways to address the election fraud claims.

“Mrs. Thomas was not, and is not, familiar with Mr. Eastman’s specific litigation efforts,” Paoletta wrote. 

“Not a single documents shows any coordination between Mrs. Thomas and Mr. Eastman,” Ginni Thomas’ lawyer added. 

Paoletta said the text messages to Meadows simply expressed Ginni Thomas’ concerns about the election, deeming the texts as coming from a “private citizen” who “was simply texting with a friend.”

“None of it suggests that Mrs. Thomas had even the slightest role in the January 6th attack on the Capitol, or even has any information about the attack,” Paoletta wrote.

The lawyer also indicated the committee hopes to ask Ginni Thomas about emails she sent to state legislators in Arizona about installing “a clean slate of Electors.”

Paoletta attempted to distance Ginni Thomas from those emails, which he said came from a draft form letter.

“She did not draft the message, edit the message, or plan any role in organizing the campaign,” the attorney wrote. “She simply pushed a few buttons and a form letter was generated and sent to state legislators.”

Paoletta also attacked the committee over its lack of balance — it has seven Democratic members and two Republicans after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy withdrew his selections. Paoletta accused committee Chairman Bennie Thompson of previously showing animus toward Clarence Thomas and noted that some of the panel’s members objected during past election certifications.

The attorney also said media reports, which he blamed on leaks from the committee, have painted an inaccurate picture of Ginni Thomas.

“I would also note that this has been a particularly stressful time as the Thomases have been subjected to an avalanche of death threats and other abuse by the unprecedented assault on the Supreme Court Justices and their families,” Paoletta wrote.

Paoletta left the door open for Ginni Thomas to speak with the panel if it provides him with more information. 

The Jan. 6 committee did not immediately return an email Wednesday seeking a response to the letter.

Multiple media outlets reported on the letter, including Politico, which posted it online.