On Monday, the FBI raided the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate and, according to Trump supporter Scott Perry, confiscated his phone. The congressman claimed to Fox News that FBI officials requested him to give up his phone while he was vacationing with his family.
“This morning, while traveling with my family, I was contacted by three FBI officers who confiscated my mobile phone. They made no effort to contact my attorney, who would have arranged for them to have access to my phone if that was what they want.”
Perry said that the action infuriated him and criticized the Department of Justice. Additionally, he said that his phone carries legislative, political, and personal information that is “none of the government’s business”:
“I am appalled, but not shocked, that the FBI, under the order of Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice, would grab the phone of a sitting member of Congress. My phone contains information regarding my legislative and political activities as well as personal/private conversations with my wife, family, and friends. This is none of the government’s concern.”
Before the FBI took action, Representative Liz Cheney said that Perry phoned the White House immediately after the January 6 Capitol Riot to get a pardon. The Republican, though, angrily disputed the claim.
In its May report on the January 6 attack on the Capitol, the House Select Committee accused Scott Perry of being “directly involved with efforts to corrupt the Department of Justice and install Jeffrey Clark as acting Attorney General.”
In addition, the committee alleged that Perry had previously communicated with the White House on matters pertaining to the ongoing investigation of the Capitol Riot by the House Select Committee. The message also included “allegations that Dominion voting equipment was compromised.” The committee also charged Perry with sending a text message to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows inquiring about the possibility of appointing Jeffrey Clark as attorney general before January 6.
All About Scott Perry
Scott Perry is an American politician who represents the tenth congressional district of Pennsylvania. Born on May 27, 1962, in San Diego, he moved to Dillsburg when he was seven years old. In 1980, he graduated from Northern High School in Dillsburg and afterward from Cumberland-Perry Vocational-Technical School. Perry obtained a bachelor’s degree in business administration management from Pennsylvania State University In 1991. In 2012, he earned a master’s degree in strategic planning from the United States Army War College. According to his official biography, Perry’s first job was picking fruit at Ashcombe’s Farm near Mechanicsburg when he was 13 years old.
In addition to working as a draftsman, mechanic, dock worker, and licensed insurance agent, the native of California also pursued a variety of other occupations. In 1993, he and his mother launched their own mechanical contracting company, Hydrotech Mechanical Services Inc. Scott Perry started his military duty in 1980 when he joined the Army. He had basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and specialized training in technical drawing at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
He was also the valedictorian of Pennsylvania’s Officer Candidate School and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery. Perry qualified as a helicopter pilot in Army Aviation and rose through numerous positions, including executive officer of the 1st Squadron, the 104th Cavalry Regiment (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2002–2003), commander of the 2nd Battalion (General Support), and the 104th Aviation Regiment in 2008.
Between 2009 and 2010, the 60-year-old also led the 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion in Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was a member of Task Force Diablo and participated in roughly 44 combat missions. Prior to becoming the Commander of the Fort Indiantown Gap National Training Site, he was promoted to Colonel in 2011. In the end, he was chosen to attend the United States Army War College, where he earned a master’s degree in Strategic Studies. In 2014, Scott Perry was promoted to Brigadier General and began acting as the 28th Infantry Division’s Assistant Division Commander. The then-Brigadier General Perry resigned in 2019 after serving as the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s Assistant Adjutant General.
Rise In Politics
Between 2013 to 2017, Perry served as the congressman for Pennsylvania’s 4th congressional district as part of his political career. In 2018, he also won reelection in Pennsylvania’s newly redistricted 10th Congressional District.
2,135 pages on a day’s notice, folks. Gotta pass it to know what’s in it, right, Speaker Pelosi? The American People deserve better than this sham process. #ReconciliationBill #BuildBackBroke #BidensAmerica pic.twitter.com/T51iS0mN5J
— RepScottPerry (@RepScottPerry) November 4, 2021
During his stint as a Pennsylvania State Representative, Perry allegedly established a reputation for defending the Harrisburg taxpayers’ interests. Appointments were made to the Appropriations, Consumer Affairs, Labor Relations, Veterans Affairs, Emergency Preparedness, and Rules Committees. Scott Perry serves on the Transportation & Infrastructure and Foreign Affairs Committees of the US House of Representatives. Additionally, he was chosen chairman of the House Freedom Caucus.
He even led the Carroll Township Planning Commission and the Dillsburg Area Wellhead Protection Advisory Committee. The representative is also a member of the Township Source Water Protection Committee and the Dillsburg Revitalization Committee.
