Representative Scott Perry Deals A Massive Blow To House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s January 6th Committee

It was reported by ConservativeBrief that the members of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s hand-picked Select Committee on Jan. 6 are doing exactly what their critics said they would do: They have turned the Capitol riot probe into a partisan exercise, though Republican lawmakers becoming ensnared in the investigation are increasingly pushing back.No doubt concerned that their party is heading for a midterm political blood bath, if the polling data is right, Democrats who run the committee are increasing casting a wider net hoping to catch more Republicans, and the latest is Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., who was sent a request for a sit-down interview and to turn over documents that the panel is demanding.

But Perry “has sent a stern message that he will not be playing their game and declined their requests, dealing Pelosi another setback,” The Republic Brief reported.

“I stand with immense respect for our Constitution, the Rule of Law, and the Americans I represent who know that this entity is illegitimate, and not duly constituted under the rules of the U.S. House of Representatives,” Perry said in a statement.

The Associated Press added:

In a letter to Perry on Monday night, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chairman of the panel, said the panel had received evidence from multiple witnesses, including then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and then-acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue, that Perry had “an important role” in efforts to install Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general.

The lawmaker’s refusal will test how far the committee is willing to go in its quest for information as members have so far resisted subpoenaing one of their own as they investigate the insurrection by Trump’s supporters and his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The letter is the first time the panel has publicly released a request to a fellow member of Congress as the members inquire about the details of Perry and other congressional Republicans who met with Trump ahead of the Capitol attack and strategized about how they could block the results at the Jan. 6 electoral count.