Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry told Fox News that the FBI confiscated his cell phone on Tuesday.
According to the network, Perry said he was traveling with his family when he was approached by three FBI agents who had a warrant for his phone.
“They made no attempt to contact my lawyer, who would have made arrangements for them to have my phone if that was their wish,” Perry said in his statement to Fox News. “I’m outraged — though not surprised — that the FBI under the direction of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, would seize the phone of a sitting Member of Congress. My phone contains info about my legislative and political activities, and personal/private discussions with my wife, family, constituents, and friends. None of this is the government’s business.”
The confiscation comes the day after former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was raided by the FBI, rumored to be connected to Trump improperly bringing classified materials to the residence.
Perry told Fox News that the DOJ “chose this unnecessary and aggressive action instead of simply contacting my attorneys. These kinds of banana republic tactics should concern every Citizen — especially considering the decision before Congress this week to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to further persecute law-abiding Citizens.”
Perry has been a part of the conversation related to the attacks at the U.S. Capitol, with the Jan. 6 Committee saying that he was one of several congressmen to ask about pardons following the insurrection. Perry denied the claim at the time, saying it was false.
The five-term congressman was also reportedly a part of talks to get Trump to the Capitol to be with his supporters, the Jan. 6 Committee found. He also denied these claims.
Fox News attempted to get a comment from the Justice Department but has not received a response as of Tuesday evening.
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“Fox News attempted to get a comment from the Justice Department but has not received a response as of Tuesday evening.” And don’t hold your breath waiting for one—and ig you should receive one—don’t expect it to be reasonable and justifiable.
Folks—we are facing a very, very grave and serious situation in this country. The FBI and the IRS are to be equated with the KGB. But it is the whole government machinery in its entirety that is exceeding its Constitutional authority. Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, and Christopher Wray are evil people—and they are a mere fraction of the evil people who comprise this administration. I’m not sure how much mid-term success by Conservatives will be able to counter the assault on the citizenry, but we certainly cannot go another two years under the present regime.
But I reiterate—they know full well what they are doing and all the energy they are pouring into gun control and the Jan 6th Committee is a concerted effort to paralyze our ability to fight back against this tyranny. WE NUST UNITE AND FIGHT THIS ONSLAUGHT WHILE WE STILL CAN. THEIR INTENT IS TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO DO SO.
The next January 6th will not be a Boston Tea Party but the Bridge at Concord.
AND If we did get a response, COULD WE BELIEVE A SINGLE bloody word of it??
Who are the judges our personal business?that are issuing these spurious warrants? What ever happened to the right to privacy in your personal business?
They do not know their Constitution
Article I – The Legislative Branch
U.S. Constitution
Section 6 Compensation “ They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place.
The federal ‘judge’ that approved the warrant to raid Trump’s home was not a judge. He was a federal magistrate. Very likely they could not find a real federal judge who would approve it. The magistrate was an Obama supporter and had done legal work for Jeffrey Epstein. The DOJ scraped the bottom of the judicial barrel.
If he was a local Floridian Magistrate he won;t be in office long.
THE LEFT cares not For the constitution. Never have, never will..
‘insurrection’? Biased much, Patriot News?
the gestapo and merrick himler the knight of the long knives are upon us.
“These kinds of banana republic tactics should concern every Citizen — especially considering the decision before Congress this week to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to further persecute law-abiding Citizens.”
The reign of the Socialist Democrat Party State Dictatorship is just getting started.
The “Socialist Democrat Party State” political officers, Gestapo, Woke and Cancel Culture are just getting started.
You will obey, be loyal and support the policies of the “Socialist Democrat Party State” or you will be classified as “Enemies of the State” and “Domestic Terrorists”.
We either bow down to this treasonous Socialist Democrat Party State or WE the PEOPLE destroy this Socialist Democrat Party State.
Vote EVERY Democrat and their Democrat RINOs OUT of offices everywhere, from the president to the school board!
Exactly. IF THEY CAN DO THIS openly, to sitting congressmen, and former presidents. THEY CAN DO THIS TO ANYONE at any time.
Except their knives are dull, even for butter knives.
This dog is all bark and no teeth, like every other “legal” action the left has tried to take against Trump. And even more than their previous attempts, unless they go all-in Third World Dictatorial go-for-broke anti-Constitutional corruption, this will come back around and bite them in their mascot. It will be humiliations galore.
And if they do decide to go all-in Third World go-for-broke anti-Constitutional corruption, do not be surprised when We proactively turn around and kick them in their mascot, and kick it down the street and out of DC. And it won’t be pretty.
And it won’t be an insurrection. It will be a reckoning.
IT Damn well needs to be a reckoning…
A new low for Babbling Biden, Queen Nancy, Idiot Karamel and the rest of the moronic, dishonest, disgusting, dispicable, deplorable, demonic dem-rats. Obviously, no level is too low for this pablum to stoop. I hope the Repubs are taking notes… Lots of them.
More of this **** will happen between now and November midterm election and look for a lot of election fraud, from the DEMO-COMMUNIST. And all of this ****, is pushed by soros-hitler; obama-mussolini clintons bonnie and clyde and biden-stalin . plus a hundred plus more TRAITORS running loose in senate an congress and white house.
We are close to facing a One World Government not only here in the USA but in every entire country on this planet combined. It will be ruled by the AntiChrist the ruler of this vast empire as having power and great authority, given to him by Satan himself ( Revelation 13:2), being followed by and receiving worship from “all of the world” ( Revelation 13:3-4), and having authority over every tribe, people, language and nation (Revelation 13:7).
IMO that is why they pushed that whole monkey pox being a national emergency.. TO SET UP FOR their voter fraud to steal the november election…
“The confiscation comes the day after former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was raided by the FBI, rumored to be connected to Trump improperly bringing classified materials to the residence.”
How is that investigation of Hillary’s (not rumored) illegal server going?
WHAT investigation? WE already saw comey say no charges will be leveled against her.
Hopefully the demonrats get their clocks cleaned come November and again in 2024! If they don’t, we might as well consider our Country completely annihilated by their communistic ways!
JR: “Hopefully the demonrats get their clocks cleaned come November…”
Yeah. A good time to be had by all.
Except for, of course..: “Here ya go, Congressman Spunky, you’re out of a job, but here’s a clean clock to remind you how long since you’ve been told how lousy a job you did. Oh, and as another consolation prize, here’s your butt in a bag so the door doesn’t hit you in it on your way out.”
I’ve heard he got his phone back. HOPE HE CHECKS IT for spyware and such, before even THINKING of using it.