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Election lawyers for then president donald trump says clarence thomas was a key component in trump's plans to try to delay the certification of the 2020 election. e-mails turned over to -- paula, what exactly did trump want justice thomas to do here? >> bianna, they wanted justice thomas to block the counting of electoral votes. in his e-mails, you see attorneys discussion how to frame the legal argument and they were hoping for a stay or even an opinion saying that the state of georgia was legitimately in doubt. an important piece of context here is that justice thomas is responsible for emer...