'Scott is a stain on our Congress and must resign immediately': Calls for Scott Perry to quit over his alleged role to overturn the election
Democrats are lashing out at Congressman Scott Perry after it was revealed he had a role in Donald Trump's efforts to replace his acting attorney general with a loyalist who wanted to overturn the election results in Georgia.
The Pennsylvania Republican helped organize the meeting between Trump and former Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Clark.
'Scott Perry has disgraced South Central Pennsylvania, failed his country, and betrayed the trust of anyone who cares about our democracy,' Pennsylvania State Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Patton Mills said.
'He is a stain on our Congress and must resign immediately,' she added.
Democrats are calling for Pennsylvania Representative Scott Perry – a Republican – to resign after it was revealed he played a role in setting up a meeting between Donald Trump and DOJ attorney Jeffrey Rosen to ry and overturn the presidential election results in Georgia
'Scott Perry has disgraced South Central Pennsylvania, failed his country, and betrayed the trust of anyone who cares about our democracy,' PA Democratic Party Chair Nancy Patton Mills said. 'He is a stain on our Congress and must resign immediately'
Mills continued with claiming if he doesn't resign, then House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy should remove him from his congressional committee assignment.
'There must be consequences for this conduct,' Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a Democrat with gubernatorial aspirations, said in a social media post.
A report from The New York Times last week revealed that Trump was plotting to replace then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, who took over for Bill Barr when he resigned at the end of December, with Clark – a loyalist.
Perry arranged for Trump to meet Clark, the newspaper reported.
According to the report, Clark was sympathetic to Trump's 'Stop the Steal' campaign.
He met with Perry to discuss a plan to have the Justice Department send Georgia a letter disclosing the department would be investigating the election results.
Reuters has not independently verified the details of the New York Times report, which cited several anonymous former officials. Neither Perry nor Clark, who served as head of the Environment and Natural Resources Division before becoming the acting assistant attorney general for the Civil Division in September, could immediately be reached for comment.
A New York Times report revealed that Trump considered Jeffrey Clark, a Justice Department attorney, to replace then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen
Jeffrey Rosen became acting Attorney General when Bill Barr stepped down before Christmas – but he was not on board with Trump's demand to overturn the election results in Georgia
In a statement to the New York Times, Clark declined comment on his relationship with Perry, and denied trying to oust Rosen, saying he had participated in 'a candid discussion of options and pros and cons with the president.'
On Saturday, the Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson saying it was launching a congressional probe into Trump and Clark's actions, and asked for the department to turn over documents and communications to help assist their inquiry.
