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Sputnik International
Susquehanna Valley Congressman Scott Perry (R-10) is responding to a New York Times report that he played a significant role in persuading former President Donald Trump to contest the election results.WGAL News 8 requested to speak with Perry, but his office instead released the following statement:“Throughout the past four years, I worked with Assistant Attorney General Clark on various legislative matters. When President Trump asked if I would make an introduction, I obliged. “My conversations with the President or the Assistant Attorney General, as they have been with all whom I’ve engaged following the election, were a reiteration of the many concerns about the integrity of our elections, and that those allegations should at least be investigated to ease the minds of the voters that they had, indeed, participated in a free and fair election. The NYT cited unnamed sources who said Perry introduced former U.S. Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark to the president as
Perry, who was elected to a fifth congressional term in November, was responsible for introducing Trump to Jeffrey Clark, a Philly native and the acting head of the Justice Department s civil division. Clark, who had been appointed to his position in September, backed Trump s baseless claims that widespread illegal voting took place during the presidential election.
Perry and Clark also discussed a plan to open a Justice Department investigation into voter fraud in Georgia in an attempt to invalidate the state s Electoral College results.
“Scott Perry has disgraced South Central Pennsylvania, failed his country, and betrayed the trust of anyone who cares about our democracy, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Patton Mills said in a statement on Sunday. He is a stain on our Congress and must resign immediately.