The Philadelphia Inquirer reports:
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.
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. In the weeks leading up to that day, he had played a major role behind the scenes in trying to turn Trump’s election lie into reality. But Cheney’s description of Perry and other lawmakers seeking pardons was not publicly known before Thursday night.
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Watching the footage of the attack, still struck by Cheney’s statement that PA Rep. Scott Perry and “multiple other Republican congressmen” sought pardons from Trump. That is wild.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 10, 2022
Cheney says multiple House Republicans sought pardons from Trump for their roles seeking to overturn election. “Rep. Scott Perry contacted the White House to seek a presidential pardon,” Cheney says. Perry has refused to testify before the committee
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 10, 2022
.@RepScottPerry, along with multiple other Republican congressmen, sought pardons in the wake of #January6th.
If they did nothing wrong, why seek a pardon?
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 10, 2022
In Jan. 6 cmte hearing, Liz Cheney says Rep. Scott Perry, now chair of the House Freedom Caucus, was among multiple GOP lawmakers who wanted a Trump pardon.
Perry spox denied that: “Laughable, ludicrous, and a thoroughly soulless lie”
w/ @RebeccaBeitsch https://t.co/rPA95X9ahr
— Emily Brooks (@emilybrooksnews) June 10, 2022