Indiana Democrats pin legislative gains on abortion debateRoberts delays handover of Trump tax returns to House panelAffirmative action in jeopardy after justices raise doubtsTrump asks justices to keep tax returns from House committeeLower courts had rebuffed Graham’s plea for a pause while the legal case plays out.Graham has dismissed that interpretation as “ridiculous.” Graham has also argued that the call was protected because he was asking questions to inform his decisions on voting to certify the 2020 election and future legislation.The justices wrote Tuesday that their intervention is unnecessary because the courts “have held that Senator Graham may not be questioned about such activities.”He also can return to federal court if disputes arise over the questioning in front of the grand jury, the justices wrote.But Thomas did not step aside from the case, and indeed he has participated in all the election-related disputes brought to the court by Trump and his allies, despite the involvement of the justice’s wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, in efforts to question Trump’s defeat in 2020.Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist and staunch Trump supporter, attended the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally on the Ellipse and wrote to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in the weeks following the election, encouraging him to work to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory and keep Trump in office."