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Capitol insurrection. cnn's sara murray is joining us live. she has been covering this. what's going on here? >> well, look, scott perry is a little known congressman. but he was a fierce alley to donald trump particularly at a time when it mattered to the president when he was trying to overturn the 2020 election results. baseless claims of election fraud. >> oftentimes they say there is not enough to overturn the election. first of all, we don't know how much there was. >> reporter: donald trump was lapping them up. the president was saying the local officials, or in scott perry's case, a fe...

It's not about president trump. it's not about president biden. it's about the process. >> reporter: it's unclear if the committee will want to talk to scott perry. ryan nobles caught up with him on the hill. he said he doesn't like to talk to cnn. >> perry introduced him to jeffrey clark. how did he know him? >> reporter: we asked multiple times. they have not responded to our questions. even in the reports, doj officials say it was never clear how this congressman from pennsylvania had this relationship with jeffrey clark, how it came into facilitate introductions to trump. >> something that...

>> reporter: perry said he's unaware of any gop lawmakers playing a role in the capitol insurrection. >> i don't know of any. we're here and open for the investigation. if people are culpable, they need to be -- justice needs to prevail in that regard. >> reporter: burr a report said trump allies, including perry, have particularly notable ties to january 6th. these ties warrant further investigation. . >> how does the president incite an attack that was preplanned and under way before his speech concluded? >> reporter: and the house committee investigating january 6th wants phone records of s...

Officials to just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the congressman. >> stop the steal. >> reporter: perry called donahue. potus asked him to call. according to donahue, perry talked up clark effectively saying jeff clark is great. he's the kind of guy that can really get in and do something about this. as for donahue's emails, can i send you stuff, we have a lot of evidence? he sent a document of debunked claims like this one. . >> over 205,000 more votes were cast in pennsylvania than people who voted in the november election. >> reporter: claims perry clung to as he objected t...

>> reporter: donald trump was laughing them up. the local officials or in scott perry's case, a federal official, had all kinds of information about fraud and problems and things that impacted the election. richard donahue told the senate judiciary committee. now the five-term congressman and army veteran is facing scrutiny as new details emerge about his role in trump's plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. >> scott perry of pennsylvania. scott, thank you. >> reporter: perry has said he's unaware of any gop lawmakers playing a role in the capitol insurrection. >> i don't kn...