Susquehanna Valley Congressman Scott Perry (R-10) is responding to a New York Times report that he played a significant role in persuading former President Donald Trump to contest the election results.WGAL News 8 requested to speak with Perry, but his office instead released the following statement:“Throughout the past four years, I worked with Assistant Attorney General Clark on various legislative matters. When President Trump asked if I would make an introduction, I obliged. “My conversations with the President or the Assistant Attorney General, as they have been with all whom I’ve engaged following the election, were a reiteration of the many concerns about the integrity of our elections, and that those allegations should at least be investigated to ease the minds of the voters that they had, indeed, participated in a free and fair election. The NYT cited unnamed sources who said Perry introduced former U.S. Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark to the president as
Updated: 9:25 AM EST Jan 14, 2021 President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol.The five congressmen from the Susquehanna Valley all voted against the impeachment: Reps. Dan Meuser (R-9), Scott Perry (R-10), Lloyd Smucker (R-11), Fred Keller (R-12) and John Joyce (R-13).Perry released the following statement: Absolutely no one in our Nation deserves punishment without due process no one. This hasty rush to judgement may serve as political paybacks and scintillating sound bites for some, but today’s sham of an impeachment wouldn’t be fit for the Inquisition or prairie justice it’s an embarrassing and dangerous stunt that furthers our American divide, and I proudly voted against it. Smucker issued this statement:“Today I opposed the impeachment of President Trump, who will be out of office in less than a week’s time. Today’s vo