the january 6th committee entered a new phase in the investigation this week, now looking into fellow members of congress. that's been expected for some time but what's surprising is who the committee is focusing on first. you might not be familiar with republican representative scott perry of pennsylvania. he's been a member of congress since 2013, but he's largely flown out of the radar despite saying and doing things that are often beyond the pale. just in the last year, he opposed a measure condemning the q-anon conspiracy cult and voted against a bill to protect asian americans amid a rapid rise in hate crimes during the pandemic and just last week he made antimuslim remarks on the house floor during a debate about a bill to combat islamophobia. but the track record of unsavory actions starts earlier than that. in 2017 perry falsely accused a pakistani house staffer of stealing government seeks. he downplayed the devastation in