Rep. Scott Perry on Sunday refused to commit to recusing himself from a potential House probe into the federal investigations of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, despite being a subject of the investigations himself.
at the end of November to preserve its records, in an indication that Republicans planned to launch an investigation into the panel’s work.ABC's "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos recounted that Department of Justice officials investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot had seized Perry's cell phone and reviewed his emails.investigating Jan. 6, Perry said he had not.
Perry maintained that he would not "speculate on what might or might not happen in the future," when asked whether he would plead the Fifth if called to appear before the grand jury."Why should I be limited — why should anybody be limited just because someone has made an accusation?" Perry replied when asked by Stephanopoulos whether he would recuse himself from a potential House probe into the investigations given his involvement in the DOJ's own investigation.
"Sure, we're going to investigate and we need to. We need to make sure that these agencies aren't running amok and aren’t out of control, which clearly they are," Perry added. Pressed further by Stephanopoulos on whether his involvement would present a conflict of interest, Perry replied: "Should everybody in Congress that disagrees with somebody be barred from doing the oversight and investigative powers that Congress has?"
"I get accused of all kinds of things every single day, as does every member that serves in the public eye. But that doesn't stop you from doing your job. It is our duty and it is my duty," Perry said.
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