828 Words
INTRODUCTION
We will find State of Pennsylvania Representative Scott Perry to be a capable and honorable man who surely knew the boundaries between right and wrong--but of course, especially in politics, there is no bright yellow line between right and wrong.
If you read about Scott Perry on Wikipedia, you will be impressed. He doesn't stand out as a flamboyant right wing radical. But he is a conservative republican who in 2021 was elected Chairman of the seriously conservative Freedom Caucus. And he is said to be quite loyal to Trump.
It seems very clear to me that he worked hard to overturn the 2020 election.
Was he committing criminal acts? Or, was he just being a typical professional politician comfortably distorting reality and misstating facts to win at almost any cost?
MR. PERRY REFUSES TO COOPERATE WITH AN INVESTIGATION
In May of 2022 Mr. Perry was subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the January 6th Capitol attack. He refused to cooperate with that committee, which later in 2022 referred Perry's case to the House Ethics Panel for of his having refused to comply with the subpoena.
Immediately after after Trump's 2020 election loss there were signs of election fraud or irregularities. The vote counts were very accurate, and the few inaccuracies were so small they could not alter the Trump loss to Biden.
Many lawsuits were filed claiming election fraud; all of them failed, including the one reaching the Supreme Court.
Trump had announced before the election that if he lost it would be due to election fraud. Moreover, Trump intensely disliked the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI because both were extremely objective (hard facts count, opinions and personal feelings irrelevant). Some time prior to January 3, 2020, Representative Perry (very conservative and loyal to Trump), Chief of Staff Mark Meadows (Trump loyalist), and like-minded colleagues were brainstorming conspiracy theories for making a case to overthrow the election results.
DOJ environmental attorney Jeffrey Clark had found several conspiracy theories from QAnon and other sources; and he planned for these conspiracy theories to be brought into the DOJ, accepted on some official basis, and somehow used to ultimately overturn the election results.
Representative Scott Perry provided support and influence to Jeffrey Clark. Mr. Clark passed these conspiracy theories to AGs Rosen and Donoghue, who sent these theories to be investigated by the FBI, which found them bizarre and without any merit. So, at this point in time (January 3rd), the DOJ wasn't buying Trump's ideas for overturning the election results.
On January 3rd, Jeffrey Clark and President Trump met with AGs Rosen and Donoghue to convince them to use the conspiracy theories to [somehow] start the process of overturning the election. This meeting and final result is fully described in my blog, "Dept of Justice Stands Up To Trump & He Backs Down Jan 3rd 2021." GO DIRECTLY TO THAT BLOG BY CLICKING THE FOLLOWING LINK, BUT DO RETURN BACK HERE AFTERWARDS.
https://votersgettingcontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/dept-of-justice-stands-up-to-trump-he.html
EVENTUALLY TRUMP AND JEFFREY CLARK ARE INDICTED
By 2023 Special Counsel Jack Smith had listed Jeffrey Clark as an unindicted co-conspirator under Trump's federal indictment. And at the state level, in Georgia, Clark turned himself in at the Fulton County jail--booked on felony racketeering charges.
But as of today, Representative Scott Perry has not been charged with any crime.
According to the Washington Post,
"Of all the fantastical false claims of fraud and vote manipulation in
the 2020 presidential election, “Italygate” was one of the most extreme.
And Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) was at the heart of bringing it to Donald
Trump’s attention."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/23/scott-perry/
According to Wikipedia, the Italygate conspiracy was QAnon related and alleged that:
- the 2020 election was rigged for Biden to win
- using satellites and
- military technology
- to remotely switch votes to Biden
- and managed out of the U.S. Embassy in Rome (with Vatican involved).
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Italygate&oldid=1186024563
CRIMINAL JUSTICE NOW HAS ACCESS TO PERRY'S CELL PHONE MESSAGES
Scott Perry sued to prevent the criminal justice system from reading thousands of messages on his phone.
But the finding of the D.C. District Court of Appeals is that 1659 of 2055 messages can be viewed by investigators to determine if Scott Perry committed any election crimes.
My prediction is that Perry's messages will be found to "smell bad" but to fall within the acceptable range for devious political talk and attempted influence. Scott Perry is an impressive man who has played by the rules and been consistently found honorable and capable at many very responsible life positions. He's been successful in business, in politics, and served in active war zones. He achieved the rank of Brigadier General!
Let's hope it will be found that he might have been supporting a devious political tactic but, while other strayed over the line, he did not.
Any references not found above are on the page BIBLIOGRAPHY / WORKS CITED in the VotersGettingControl.blogspot.com/ blog.
- END –