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Scott Perry is starting to get nervous after a judge ordered his cell phone records — originally seized after Perry’s involvement in attempting to overturn the 2020 election — be released to the public.
Perry’s response? No comment.
Don’t forget: Scott Perry played a “direct role” in the deadly January 6th insurrection; he spread conspiratorial lies with no backing, attempted to invalidate millions of votes, worked to block the election’s certification in Pennsylvania, and much more.
Court filings have already proven Perry had “an extraordinary web of communications” with key figures in the insurrection, including direct contact with Trump officials who proposed deploying the military to overturn the election.
What else do we still not know about Perry’s subversive agenda behind the scenes?
DCCC Spokesperson Aidan Johnson:
“Scott Perry deserves to further be exposed for the traitorous extremist he is. Central Pennsylvanians have had enough with his lies.”
York Dispatch: Government shall unseal documents tied to Scott Perry cellphone warrant, judge orders
Mark Walters | June 7, 2024
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The public is one step closer to seeing the contents of the warrant served on Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry for his cellphone as part of the Department of Justice’s Jan. 6 investigation.
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A series of court rulings in April and May in the case where The York Dispatch and other Pennsylvania media outlets are seeking to have the government unseal the documents laid the ground for an eventual disclosure — subject to redactions.
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The FBI seized Perry’s personal cellphone in August 2022, when federal authorities began exploring his role in attempts to overturn the 2020 election results, which included helping install an acting attorney general who would be receptive to former President Donald Trump’s lies about election fraud.
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U.S. District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson ordered the government to submit the documents with proposed redactions by May 22 in the most recent public filing in the case that will be two years old in September.
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The government filed the documents timely — and under seal — pursuant to both orders, according to the clerk’s office for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. They will not appear on the public docket sheet unless they’re unsealed by a judge. There is no estimate on when that will occur in this case, the office said.
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Perry, whose communications director did not reply to a request for comment, said in 2022, before his last election, that the FBI’s cellphone seizure was a politically motivated attempt to influence the results of the election he ultimately won.
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The Reporters’ Committee for the Freedom of the Press is representing The Dispatch, York Daily Record and PennLive in the case seeking to have the documents unsealed.
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“We won’t expect to see what the ultimate scope of the redactions is until Judge Schwab rules on which ones she’s accepting and which ones she’s rejecting,” said Grayson Clary, attorney for the media outlets.
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Legal counsel listed for Perry did not return a call or email seeking comment.
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In a separate case, Perry was ordered in December to turn over more than 1,600 texts and emails to FBI agents investigating efforts to keep Trump in office after his 2020 election loss.
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Perry previously chaired the House Freedom Caucus, an ultra-conservative group of Republican lawmakers known for their occasionally brazen legislative tactics.
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He was appointed Wednesday to the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, a panel that receives sensitive classified briefings and oversees the work of America’s spy agencies.
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A staunch Trump ally from Carroll Township, Perry is seeking a seventh term in Congress. His opponent is former WGAL TV anchor Janelle Stelson. Perry won his last two races in 2022 and 2020 with roughly 53% of the vote. In 2018, when the district’s lines were slightly different, Perry won with 51% of the vote.
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