Jan. 6 committee seeks to interview Rep. Scott Perry, first sitting lawmaker

"We have received evidence from multiple witnesses that you had an important role in the efforts to install Mr. Clark as acting Attorney General," Thompson wrote.
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.)
By Madeleine Hubbard

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol is requesting to interview Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) the first sitting elected official to receive such a request from the panel.

Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, (D-Miss.) told Perry "we are examining issues relating to an effort by former President Trump and others to install Mr. Jeffrey Clark in the days before January 6, 2021, as acting Attorney General of the United States."

The committee recommended holding Clark, a Trump loyalist who was deeply concerned about fraud during the 2020 election, in contempt earlier this month.

"We have received evidence from multiple witnesses that you had an important role in the efforts to install Mr. Clark as acting Attorney General," Thompson wrote. 

The Democratic lawmaker also wants Perry to voluntarily cooperate with the committee to discuss conversations with Trump officials about "other relevant topics, including regarding allegations that the Dominion voting machines had been corrupted."

Perry is not the first person called in front of the committee to have served in the House of Representatives. Mark Meadows served as a congressman from North Carolina before resigning in 2020 to become then-President Trump's chief of staff. The House voted to hold Meadows in contempt last week.