(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Representative Perry, your lawyer is on Line 1... And Line 2..., And Line 3.... [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-12-19 And because the hits keep on coming... Representative Scott Perry lost big in court today, as a number of his texts contained on his phone were ruled outside of the Speech and Debate privilege afforded to Members of Congress. “The Court now turns to the task at hand: applying Gravel on a communication-by communication basis to the 2,055 records still at issue” “Subcategories (g) and (h) consist of communications about non-legislative efforts to work with or influence members of the Executive Branch or state legislators, which attempts to influence the conduct of executive agencies,” Hutchinson, 443 U.S. at 121 or to “cajole[] and exhort” members of the Executive Branch “with respect to the administration of a federal statute,” Gravel, 408 U.S. at 625 — are not privileged legislative acts.” And Ho ho ho... “The records in subcategory (g) are neither “integral” nor “essential” to Perry’s participation in legislative proceedings because they concern only Vice President Pence’s role” So what does this mean? It means Smith and his team will not have access to the full range of evidence seized from Representative Perry’s phone, but there appears to be at least SOME evidence that Perry was trying to get Pence to toss out the state certifications. Remind me what Trump was charged with in DC?… Oh yeah, that’s right… 18 U.S.C. § 1512(k) (Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding) Well, if Perry was trying to prevent Pence from doing his job…... Bingo, you have conspiracy charges against Rep. Perry.. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/19/2212761/-Representative-Perry-your-lawyer-is-on-Line-1-And-Line-2-and-Line-3?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/