Scott Perry

Cheney, the vice chair of the House Jan. 6 committee, said Perry was among "multiple" Republicans who turned to Trump after the insurrection.

Trump ultimately did not fire Rosen after an uproar in the Justice Department. Perry has an antagonistic relationship with the January 6 investigation, signaling last year that he wouldn't cooperate with it. She listed the last names of Reps. Andrew Clyde, Paul Gosar, Jim Jordan, Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor-Greene, asking if they were among them.

Scott Perry is "mighty afraid" of Jan. 6 committee, says Dem congresswoman. Rep. Madeleine Dean says Donald Trump will be indicted — and her Pennsylvania colleague is running scared ...

if I have one inch of information that will help you in this committee, and understand what the hell happened here, I'm here. I don't have that valuable a set of information. I'm just, I'm so sad for our country." Then we have a job to do as Congress. We have to do like Congress did after Watergate. We have to do reforms." And of course, you know he's not cooperating with the 1/6 committee. "These are facts. Can you imagine Ronald Reagan — if a single member of Congress — if his own vice president was threatened — No. 1, he'd be whisked away to a secure space. I'm so sad for our country. They are telling the American people the facts. "Look at people being beaten by American flags, flagpoles with Trump flags," she continued. "These aren't alternative facts," she said. WASHINGTON — Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., spoke to Raw Story after the first hour of the House select committee's Thursday night hearing before the public.

Liz Cheney said Rep. Scott Perry was among "multiple" Republican congressmen who sought a pardon in the wake of the January 6 attack.

Schiff added: "If they thought that what they were doing was above board, then of course, there would be no need for a pardon. "This letter is a lie," Cheney said. in response to the Perry pardon claims. "The Department of Justice had, in fact, repeatedly told President Trump exactly the opposite—that they had investigated his stolen election allegations and found no credible fraud that could impact the outcome of the election." In their May letter to Biggs requesting information, the House Committee said that the Arizona congressman's name was mentioned by a former White House personnel as being part of efforts by some Republicans to seek a presidential pardon for "activities taken in connection with President Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election" in the wake of January 6. On Thursday, Cheney, vice-chair of the panel, said that Perry and "multiple other Republican congressmen" sought presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.

Scott Perry, one of the leading figures in the effort to throw out Pennsylvania's votes in the 2020 presidential election, allegedly was one of several ...

After meeting with Trump in the Oval Office, the inquiry found, Clark pressed top Justice Department officials to issue a letter announcing they were investigating election fraud in key swing states and to urge lawmakers to appoint alternate slates of electors. And Perry pushed federal officials to investigate a false and debunked report purportedly showing that there were more votes in Pennsylvania than voters. Perry was recently elected as chairman of the House’s hard-right Freedom Caucus, a position that could give him significant sway over the chamber’s agenda if Republicans win a majority this fall. (406 members voted to award the medals.) “Multiple other Republican congressmen also sought presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.” His suggested replacement was Jeffrey Bossert Clark, a Northeast Philadelphia native who Perry had introduced to Trump. Hours after the Capitol riot, as blood and broken windows marked the building, Perry urged Congress to throw out Pennsylvania’s nearly 7 million votes. Last year, Perry acknowledged connecting Trump and Clark, saying he had worked with Clark on legislative issues. The Senate report in October also called for more scrutiny on Clark, a Justice Department lawyer who emerged as one of the strongest advocates for questioning the election results. In an October report, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee identified Perry and State Sen. Doug Mastriano, now the GOP nominee for Pennsylvania governor, as two of three key Trump allies who aided his efforts to subvert the election results and who have “notable” connections to the insurrection. “As you will see, Representative Perry contacted the White House in the weeks after January 6th to seek a presidential pardon,” Cheney said in a detailed opening statement. U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., one of the leading figures in the effort to throw out Pennsylvania’s votes in the 2020 presidential election, was one of several members of Congress who contacted the White House seeking a pardon from Donald Trump in the days after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, the vice chair of the House committee investigating the attack said in its first public hearing Thursday.

Perry has thus far not cooperated with the House January 6 committee or repeated his denial under oath.

Thursday's hearing was just the first part of the committee's slate set for this month. "Multiple other Republican congressmen also sought Presidential Pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election." Cheney's claim was one of the hearing's key moments.

Rep. Scott Perry wrote on social media that anyone claiming he sought a presidential pardon was telling a "soulless lie."

Thursday's hearing was just the first of seven televised hearings expected in the coming weeks. She went on to claim Perry was not alone, and that several Republicans made similar requests. He did not talk to his attorney general. He did not talk to the Department of Homeland Security." Perry was reacting to a claim from Rep. Liz Cheney during Thursday's Jan. 6 committee hearing that he – along with several other unspecified Republicans – requested a presidential pardon following the riots. Rep. Scott Perry responded to a claim made by Rep. Liz Cheney during a Jan. 6 committee hearing

Congressman Scott Perry, R-York County, sought a presidential pardon for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election, according to a special ...

President Trump is clearly culpable for the incendiary comments he made and for the call to action many heard across the country. "Multiple other Republican congressman also sought presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election." He is clearly at the top of this pyramid and Representative Scott Perry was standing next to him the whole time,” he said. A spokesperson for Perry issued this statement: "This is a ludicrous and soulless lie." The panel held its first hearing Thursday night, outlining for the public the evidence it will hear about the efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and the riot at the U.S. Capitol. It says the probe shows Trump led and directed efforts to overturn the election. Congressman Scott Perry, R-York County, sought a presidential pardon for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election, according to a special congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Rep. Liz Cheney asserted that multiple GOP Congress members sought Trump's pardon in connection with Jan.6, but she only named one: Rep. Scott Perry.

“We are also aware that you had multiple text and other communications with President Trump’s former Chief of Staff regarding Mr. Clark—and we also have evidence indicating that in that time frame you sent communications to the former Chief of Staff using the encrypted Signal app,” the Dec. 20 letter stated. That message echoed baseless claims about voting machines. One of those documents largely focuses on Perry’s alleged attempt to have Trump-loyalist lawyer Jeffrey Clark lead the Department of Justice. “Multiple other Republican congressmen also sought Presidential Pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.” But the committee’s letters to Perry show why they believe he may have sought the 45th president’s protection. “In addition, we have information indicating that you communicated at various relevant times with the White House and others involved in other relevant topics, including regarding allegations that the Dominion voting machines had been corrupted,” the Dec. 20 letter stated. “If you get a pardon from the president, saying anything that you’ve done from Election Day and now, that covers a multitude of sins,” Epner said. “Mr. Clark has informed us that he plans to invoke his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination in anticipation of a deposition to be conducted by the Committee. When Mr. Clark decided to invoke his 5th Amendment rights, he understood that we planned to pose questions addressing his interactions with you, among a host of other topics.” The first may have been obstruction of justice, “depending upon what he actually did with regard to the attempt to replace the acting Attorney General,” Epner said. The Committee said that Donogue and Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen “provided evidence” of Perry’s alleged plot to place Clark at the top of Main Justice. “We have received evidence from multiple witnesses that you had an important role in the efforts to install Mr. Clark as acting Attorney General,” Jan. 6 Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) wrote in a letter on Dec. 20, 2021. Clark, however, remained a true believer in the bogus notion that Trump prevailed in Georgia—and sent a draft letter to acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue urging Peach State officials to investigate supposed “irregularities.”