Trump ally Scott Perry says FBI have seized his phone following Mar-a-Lago raid

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Independent UK

Trump ally Representative Scott Perry says that the FBI seized his phone the day after agents raided Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The Republican congressman from Pennsylvania told Fox News that FBI agents approached him on Tuesday with a warrant and demanded that he handed over the phone.

“This morning, while traveling with my family, 3 FBI agents visited me and seized my cell phone. They made no attempt to contact my lawyer, who would have made arrangements for them to have my phone if that was their wish,” Mr Perry said.

“I’m outraged — though not surprised — that the FBI under the direction of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, would seize the phone of a sitting Member of Congress. My phone contains info about my legislative and political activities, and personal/private discussions with my wife, family, constituents, and friends. None of this is the government’s business.”

Mr Perry, according to Liz Cheney, is one of the Republicans who contacted the White House in the weeks after the January 6 insurrection to allegedly seek a pardon.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-scott-perry-fbi-phone-b2141916.html

[Walleye]

1. Has this got to do with the fake elector plot? I can't keep up with all these crimes

However I am loving the outrage of these criminals are so upset at being treated like criminals

[BumRushDaShow]

7. It's was worse than that (he apparently heads up the loon freedumb caucus)

June 9, 2022 | 5:00 AM
How Pa. Rep. Scott Perry promoted election lies between Election Day and January 6
The midstate Pa. congressman has rejected multiple subpoena and interview requests from the Jan. 6 committee.

Robby Brod



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Perry, a six-term congressman from Dillsburg who heads the pro-Trump House Freedom Caucus, voted against certifying Pa.’s electoral votes hours after the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6. He admitted that he had introduced Trump to Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark, who was sympathetic to Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud.

The New York Times reported the two discussed ways to decertify Georgia’s Electoral College results. Perry, in January 2021, said he discussed election fraud issues with Clark, but was not specific. Publicly released text messages show he also communicated with Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows about ways to overturn the election.

From Election Day to Jan. 6, Perry promoted baseless conspiracy theories. The Jan. 6 committee has said he worked with the Trump White House to undermine the results of the 2020 election. Perry has refused multiple subpoenas and requests to be interviewed from the committee.

Perry condemned the insurrection, despite spreading disinformation that motivated the attack, according to reporting from news organizations, investigations, and public records.

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https://www.witf.org/2022/06/09/how-scott-perry-promoted-election-lies-between-election-day-and-january-6/

He did the Jeffrey Clark intro (they guy they wanted to take over as AG).

[Walleye]

12. Ooh. Conspiracy. Congressman, the people of the United States would like to confiscate your phone

[BumRushDaShow]

20. And some of this is pointing to why DOJ didn't bother with Contempt of Congress

for people like him (vs Bannon and Navarro) as they apparently had stuff on them more serious, and there might be a grand jury just on this subject.

[Voltaire2]

2. It's almost like a criminal investigation.

If Perry has nothing to hide then he should not be concerned about this at all.

I mean isn’t that what these snowflakes keep telling us?

[onetexan]

13. It IS a criminal investigation

[Voltaire2]

25. Wooosh

[Tanuki]

3. Fuck him. There was no reason for them to "contact (his) lawyer to "make arrangements."

[DENVERPOPS]

15. The Republicans

are not used to anything resembling "Law and Order" rules or laws........

[SheltieLover]

23. Exactly!

[riversedge]

17. ha ha. texts would have been deleated by then no doubt IMHO

[Deminpenn]

18. Exactly

That's why the FBI surprised him.

Btw, didn't a federal court just rule that retired military could be tried under the UCMJ? Perry's retired military. Just dayin'

[d_r]

4. haven't we decided that there is no right to privacy

"...discussions with ... constituents...None of this is the government’s business.”

Because I think that is public record isn't it?

[Marthe48]

5. Maybe make arrangements

for the s.s. to do the handover >sarcasm

[Raven123]

6. They all say they will cooperate until they don't

[Solly Mack]

8. The FBI didn't extend the courtesy because they thought he'd delete stuff from his phone.

And it is a courtesy to involve your lawyer to make "arrangements" in a warrant/search and seizure of your property.

[Botany]

9. Havard, Masters from the U. of Deleware, J.D. Georgetown Law, blue stocking law firm, and a liar

Rep. Scott Perry, R-10th District, speaks Nov. 5 at a "Stop the Steal" rally seeking to overturn the 2020 election results. Perry played a significant role in the crisis that played out at the top of the Justice Department in January, when President Donald Trump considered firing the acting attorney general and replacing him with a subordinate who would be more willing to use the DOJ to undo the results of the election. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times file photo/Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)

[peppertree]

10. Oops!

(that was the other Perry - but I couldn't resist)

[sakabatou]

11. No sympathy

[paleotn]

14. "stuff" is getting real.....

Kind of like a loose thread on a sweater. Once it begins to unravel, it really, really unravels.

[gab13by13]

16. Not enough was made about the traitors use of burner phones with encryption.

Merrick Garland has his hands full.

[Novara]

28. I suspect they're all too arrogant to use burner phones

Besides, have any reports of their use been published? I have read only speculation.

Just like the insurrectionists were so arrogant that they took photos and video of themselves committing crimes, I think most of the people involved were so sure they were entitled to overthrow the government and they were so sure they'd succeed, they didn't think they had to use burner phones to hide their criminality.

But it might be a good thing if they did use them; it would show they knew they were doing something criminal.

[orthoclad]

30. That's the whole point of burner phones

Buy them with cash. Use, then dispose. Very hard to document. Someone would have to be very careless and self-defeating to get caught.

There may be a trace of their use on the phone data service, but it would take a massive effort to associate that with a user who doeasn't want to be known. I don't know, I won't use smartphones.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. Hope he doesn't have any compromising material on his phone

If you know what I mean.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Like Alex Jones!

[orthoclad]

31. Lots of factory resets happening,

I bet. Purge them.

[Pepsidog]

22. He thinks law enforcement will contact a suspect's lawyer before executing a search warrant.

[niyad]

26. hey scott, if you havent't done anything wrong, if you have nothing to hide,

what is the problem? And, nothing you do legislatively should be secret anyway.

[Snoopy 7]

27. Don't forget

Theses are the espionage and counter intelligence section of the FBI issuing subpoenas and conducting this investigation.

[Novara]

29. This is an important point ...

... that the media seems to be ignoring completely.

There's the very real possibility that these motherfuckers are involved in espionage.