A federal judge in Washington ordered Rep. Scott Perry to turn over more than 1,600 phone messages to the Justice Department following over a year of litigation over the constitutional protections for members of Congress.
The order from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Tuesday found that most of Perry’s more than 2,000 messages sought by the department didn’t have protection under the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution. Perry, R-Pa., was ordered to turn over those messages related to the 2020 election in Pennsylvania and former Vice President Mike Pence’s role in presiding over the Jan. 6, 2021, counting of Electoral College votes, according to Boasberg’s opinion.
The order gave Perry until Dec. 27 to turn over the messages. A representative for Perry could not be immediately reached for comment Wednesday.
