PHILADELPHIA — You may have been hearing a lot about U.S. Rep Scott Perry in the days since the FBI seized the Pennsylvania Republican’s phone in connection with the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He also was a central figure in the prime-time hearings of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Perry on Thursday said the U.S. Department of Justice told him and his attorneys that he is “not a target of its investigation,” though the basis of the search of his cellphone was not immediately clear.
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