A prominent Republican whose phone was seized as part of the Justice Department's probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election said on Sunday he may seek to participate on a new House of Representatives panel that will investigate those same federal investigators.
Representative Scott Perry speaks during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 10, 2021. Ting Shen/Pool via REUTERS/File Photoas part of the Justice Department's probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election said on Sunday he may seek to participate on a new House of Representatives panel that will investigate those same federal investigators.
"I get accused of all kinds of things every single day, as does every member that serves in the public eye," he said. "But that doesn’t stop you from doing your job. It is our duty. And it is my duty." The Justice Department, which has two ongoing investigations into Trump's actions in the 2020 election and his retention of highly classified documents after departing the White House in 2021, will be a target of the new House committee's probe., a war crimes prosecutor and political independent, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November.
Clark sought to get himself installed as acting attorney general so he could launch an investigation into election fraud.
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