They still have Scott Perry's phone. We haven't seen what Smith has from it, which is something that might finally get revealed once Chutkan gets going with this case again and/or when the below court order is completed (something I just stumbled on that happened this past June).
Federal judge orders texts, emails on Rep. Scott Perry's phone be turned over to prosecutors in 2020 election probe
By Robert Legare
Updated on: December 20, 2023 / 3:37 PM EST / CBS News
Washington — Thousands of communications — including text messages and emails — on the cellphone of Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania can be turned over to federal investigators as part of the special counsel's 2020 election probe into former President Donald Trump and his allies, the chief judge of Washington, D.C.'s federal court ruled Tuesday, overriding the congressman's past claims of constitutional protection.
Chief U.S. District Judge John Boasberg wrote late Tuesday that prosecutors will be permitted to access 1,659 of the more than 2,000 records found on Perry's personal device, which was seized in August 2022. The data that could now be available to investigators includes communications between Perry and individuals not employed by the federal government "regarding what had occurred during the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021," and messages with then-employees of the Trump administration "regarding the procedures that Vice President Pence must follow under the Electoral Count Act," according to the court order.
Perry and his attorneys had urged federal judges to shield his communications from prosecutors, arguing the Speech and Debate clause of the Constitution protected his cellphone records from being used in an investigation. He contended his work as a federal legislator shielded the contents of his phone from being accessed because they were used as he carried out his congressional duties.
Boasberg's predecessor as chief judge, Judge Beryl Howell, initially ruled all but 164 of the records on the phone could be turned over to investigators.
The Pennsylvania Republican appealed the decision, and a three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the thousands of messages back to the lower courts for review under a stricter interpretation of the protections afforded to Perry under the Speech and Debate clause.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-judge-orders-texts-emails-rep-scott-perry-phone-turned-prosecutors-2020-election-probe/
However what might need to be underscored with this data is whether it falls under the SCOTUS ruling about "official duties" of the President, although in this case, Perry is in the Legislative Branch which is *supposed to be* separate from the Executive Branch and shouldn't be considered part of "official duties" for something like this.
The last news so far was that a Judge ordered these files to be released (a DCCC press release) -
NEW: Court Orders Scott Perry’s Jan 6 Messages To Be Released
Friday, June 7, 2024
Scott Perry is starting to get nervous after a judge ordered his cell phone records — originally seized after Perry’s involvement in attempting to overturn the 2020 election — be released to the public.
Perry’s response? No comment.
Don’t forget: Scott Perry played a “direct role” in the deadly January 6th insurrection; he spread conspiratorial lies with no backing, attempted to invalidate millions of votes, worked to block the election’s certification in Pennsylvania, and much more.
Court filings have already proven Perry had “an extraordinary web of communications” with key figures in the insurrection, including direct contact with Trump officials who proposed deploying the military to overturn the election.
What else do we still not know about Perry’s subversive agenda behind the scenes?
DCCC Spokesperson Aidan Johnson:
“Scott Perry deserves to further be exposed for the traitorous extremist he is. Central Pennsylvanians have had enough with his lies.”
York Dispatch: Government shall unseal documents tied to Scott Perry cellphone warrant, judge orders
Mark Walters | June 7, 2024
The public is one step closer to seeing the contents of the warrant served on Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry for his cellphone as part of the Department of Justice’s Jan. 6 investigation.
A series of court rulings in April and May in the case where The York Dispatch and other Pennsylvania media outlets are seeking to have the government unseal the documents laid the ground for an eventual disclosure — subject to redactions.
The FBI seized Perry’s personal cellphone in August 2022, when federal authorities began exploring his role in attempts to overturn the 2020 election results, which included helping install an acting attorney general who would be receptive to former President Donald Trump’s lies about election fraud.
U.S. District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson ordered the government to submit the documents with proposed redactions by May 22 in the most recent public filing in the case that will be two years old in September.
The government filed the documents timely — and under seal — pursuant to both orders, according to the clerk’s office for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. They will not appear on the public docket sheet unless they’re unsealed by a judge. There is no estimate on when that will occur in this case, the office said.
Perry, whose communications director did not reply to a request for comment, said in 2022, before his last election, that the FBI’s cellphone seizure was a politically motivated attempt to influence the results of the election he ultimately won.
The Reporters’ Committee for the Freedom of the Press is representing The Dispatch, York Daily Record and PennLive in the case seeking to have the documents unsealed.
“We won’t expect to see what the ultimate scope of the redactions is until Judge Schwab rules on which ones she’s accepting and which ones she’s rejecting,” said Grayson Clary, attorney for the media outlets.
Legal counsel listed for Perry did not return a call or email seeking comment.
In a separate case, Perry was ordered in December to turn over more than 1,600 texts and emails to FBI agents investigating efforts to keep Trump in office after his 2020 election loss.
Perry previously chaired the House Freedom Caucus, an ultra-conservative group of Republican lawmakers known for their occasionally brazen legislative tactics.
He was appointed Wednesday to the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, a panel that receives sensitive classified briefings and oversees the work of America’s spy agencies.
A staunch Trump ally from Carroll Township, Perry is seeking a seventh term in Congress. His opponent is former WGAL TV anchor Janelle Stelson. Perry won his last two races in 2022 and 2020 with roughly 53% of the vote. In 2018, when the district’s lines were slightly different, Perry won with 51% of the vote.
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A local PA newspaper (which is paywalled) had apparently gone to court with a few other PA news sites. One of them has their report here -
Judge orders Scott Perry’s Jan. 6-related emails, text messages be released
By Sean Kitchen
June 10, 2024
The York Dispatch reported on Friday that Congressman Scott Perry’s emails and text messages are one step closer to being released. It is up to a federal court to decide on unsealing the communications.
Congressman Scott Perry’s (R-York) emails and text messages that were seized from his cell phone in August 2022 are one step closer to being released to the public, according to The York Dispatch. Perry, who played an important role in trying to overturn Pennsylvania’s 2020 election results, had his phone seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of the US Department of Justice’s investigation into the events leading up to Jan. 6, 2021.
The York Dispatch, along with Pennlive and the York Daily Record, sued the federal government in October 2022 with the hopes of releasing Perry’s communications to the public, and the outlet reported last week that a series of rulings in April and May “laid the ground for eventual disclosure – subject to redactions.”
Last month, US District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson ordered that the government submit documents with proposed redactions by May 22nd and will not be made public until they’re unsealed by a judge. Perry, who refused to comment on the original story, is facing his toughest reelection challenge since getting elected to the US House in 2014 and has spent over $300,000 in campaign funds keeping his communications private.
A federal court temporarily unsealed documents containing some of Perry’s emails in an unrelated case last November and they offered a glimpse into Perry’s communications after the 2020 election through Jan. 6, 2020. The unsealed document shows that Perry initially introduced Sydney Powell, a conspiracy theorist who tried overturning the 2020 election, to Mark Meadows, former president Donald Trump’s former chief of staff.
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https://keystonenewsroom.com/2024/06/10/scott-perrys-emails-to-be-released/
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