Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), who is in the investigation of the Department of Justice in Donald Trump’s attempted insurrection, said that someone will help any GOP-led investigations into the current Trump-related probe. (see below).
Perry brushed aside the conflict-of-interest question from “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos, who asked if ‘d recuse himself from any Jan. 6-related committee in the House.
“Why should I be limited?” Perry said. “Why should someone be restricted just because someone accuses them? Everyone in America is innocent until proven guilty.
Instead of addressing the question of whether the probe involving him caused a conflict, Perry tried to grill the host.
“So, should everyone in Congress who disagrees with someone else be barred from exercising the oversight and investigative powers that Congress has?” asked Perry.
“I am accused of various things every day, as well as every member who is public. But this does not stop you from doing your job. That is my job and my duty.”
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told the select committee on January 6 in November to preserve documents, a sign that the new GOP-led House could investigate the investigation of the committee led by Democrats on Trump’s plan to cancel the 2020 election defeat. .
Republicans are set to vote this week on a package of rules that could spawn a judicial investigative subcommittee: “Select Subcommittee on Federal Government Weapons.”
Perry, a staunch Trump ally who helped plan to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania, had his phone intercepted in the Justice Department’s investigation into the Capitol riots in August. He is one of four House Republicans – including McCarthy – referred to the House ethics committee for defying the committee’s January 6 subpoenas.