Rep. Scott Perry Could Be The Next Insurrectionist To Be Kicked Off The Ballot

Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) was deeply involved in Trump's coup plot, and now Jack Smith will get most of his texts and emails.

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Scott Petty Has Been Trying To Hide His Texts And Emails For Years

Rep. Perry is the one member of Congress who has been directly linked to the coup plot through activities that could not be covered up with the Speech and Debate Clause. Perry was actively working to get Jeffrey Clark named Attorney General by Trump so that Clark could use the Justice Department to overturn the 2020 election.

CBS News reported:

Chief U.S. District Judge John Boasberg wrote late Tuesday that prosecutors will be permitted to access 1,659 of the more than 2,000 records found on Perry's personal device, which was seized in August 2022. 

The data that could now be available to investigators includes communications between Perry and individuals not employed by the federal government "regarding what had occurred during the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021," and messages with then-employees of the Trump ad…