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EXCLUSIVE – Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry says the FBI confiscated his cell phone.
Perry was approached and given a warrant by three of his FBI agents while traveling with his family earlier in the day, according to a Fox News exclusive statement on Tuesday. He said he was asked to return the phone.
Congressman I, a day after his FBI agents searched his former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, Donald Donald. phone was confiscated.
"Three FBI agents visited me this morning while I was traveling with my family and confiscated my cell phone. They will contact my lawyer. Not surprised, but outraged that the FBI under the DOJ's command of Merrick Garland seized the phone of a sitting Congressman," Perry said. said in a statement. “My mobile phone contains information about legislative and political activities, as well as private/private discussions with my wife, family, voters, and friends. This is not government work.
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Rep. Scott Perry speaking to Fox News Digital at CPAC in Texas on Aug. 5, 2022. increase.(Fox News Digital/Haris Alic)
Perry claimed in his statement: The Republic's tactics should concern all citizens — especially given his decision in Congress this week to hire 87,000 new his IRS agents to further persecute law-abiding citizens.
A five-term member of Congress and a staunch ally of Trump, Perry was the first member of the conservative House Liberal caucuses to join the group earlier this year. Perry is also a strong supporter of Trump's repeated and unproven allegations that his loss to current President Biden in the 2020 election was due to massive voter fraud. was.
Perry has been the focus of the Democratic-dominated House Select Committee on Jan. 6 for Biden's Electoral College victory. Days to weeks ago, I had been in touch with Trump's White House numerous times.
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Fox News is the Department of Justice asked for comment. Perry's allegations, however, received no response at the time this report was filed.
Trump announced Monday that his Florida residence had been raided by the FBI..A source told Fox News Digital that the raid was related to materials brought back by Trump during his presidency. Sources said the National Archives and Records Administration referred the case to the Justice Department, which recovered 15 boxes of classified material from his home.
Paul Steinhauser is a political reporter based in New Hampshire.
