WASHINGTON: 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.

Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania is an ally of former President Donald Trump who helped spread Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him through widespread voting fraud. The FBI seized his phone in August, apparently as part of a probe into efforts to overturn the election.

But Perry told ABC News’ “This Week” show on Sunday that he does not believe it would be a conflict of interest for him to participate in a congressional investigation of the FBI.

Published in Dawn, january 9th, 2023