“In his decade as a member of Congress, Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) has downplayed the severity of Puerto Rico’s hurricane damage, refused to condemn QAnon, blasted coronavirus vaccine and mask mandates, and spread a baseless conspiracy theory about a Las Vegas mass shooting,” the Washington Post reports.
“But it was Perry’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in favor of Donald Trump that attracted the attention of the Department of Justice, which seized Perry’s cellphone last summer as part of its investigation into the events leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, when a pro-Trump mob overran the U.S. Capitol seeking to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory.”
“None of that prevented Perry from being named Tuesday to the powerful House Oversight and Accountability Committee, along with several other of former president Donald Trump’s staunchest and most controversial allies.”
