The congressional committee on the Jan. 6 riot is turning its attention to a fellow lawmaker for the first time, with a request for information from GOP Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania.
Chair Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. The bipartisan panel is in possession of evidence linking Perry to events surrounding the attack on the Capitol, according to a letter to Perry on Monday. Thompson said Perry was involved in efforts to make now-former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark the acting attorney general during the final months of the Trump administration.
Several witnesses said that you had an important role in the efforts to install Mr. Clark as acting attorney general, citing former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and former Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue, both of whom served in those positions at the tail end of former President Donald Trump's time in office.
Acting Attorney General Rosen and Acting Deputy Attorney General Donoghue have provided evidence regarding these issues, and we have received evidence that others who worked with Mr. Clark were aware of these plans, Thompson wrote.
He added that the committee had information that Perry communicated with the White House and others involved in other relevant topics, including allegations that the Dominion voting machines had been corrupted. While Perry is the first lawmaker to be asked for information by the committee, numerous Trump allies and former administration officials including ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who served in the House before joining the Trump administration.
Thompson, in Monday's letter, proposed meeting with Perry between now and Jan. 4 with an offer to meet in the Pennsylvania district of the lawmaker.