Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), a close ally of Donald Trump, says the FBI seized his cellphone just one day after the agency conducted a raid on the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence.
The congressman was traveling with his family on Tuesday when three FBI agents approached and served him with a warrant for his cellphone, Perry told the Washington Examiner in a statement. It’s not clear why the FBI confiscated his phone, but Perry denounced the move as a “banana republic tactic.”
“They made no attempt to contact my lawyer, who would have made arrangements for them to have my phone if that was their wish. I’m outraged — though not surprised — that the FBI under the direction of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, would seize the phone of a sitting Member of Congress,” Perry said. “My phone contains info about my legislative and political activities, and personal/private discussions with my wife, family, constituents, and friends. None of this is the government’s business.”