Rep. Adam Schiff said the seizure of Rep. Scott Perry's phone suggests the Justice Department thinks Trump team's alternate electors plot was a crime

• The DOJ is looking into attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

• The seizure suggests that the department views the scheme as criminal.

• The seizure was called an abuse of power by the man.

The Justice Department may view the GOP fake electors scheme as criminal.

Republican efforts to overturn the 2020 election are being investigated by the DOJ.

Several lawmakers in Pennsylvania have been subpoenaed by the FBI in order to get information on the Pennsylvania Republican.

The congressman said that the cause of the crime would have to have been established.

The Justice Department would need to be certain that they had the probable cause if it were known that it was a member of Congress.

I think the Department believes that the fake elector plot was a violation of law. It's very significant. He said all those respects.

Trump allies have been accused of trying to create alternate slates of electors in order to overturn Biden's presidential victory.

The Justice Department official who thought the election was inaccurate was introduced to Trump by the man. According to the January 6 House Select Committee, Clark drafted a letter to officials in six states suggesting they select alternate electors.

The seizure of his phone was an abuse of power, according to the man.

He said that anyone that doesn't bend the knee, that isn't intimidated, that isn't parroting the narrative, is now subject to these kinds of third-world banana republic tactics.

According to The Washington Post, the first congressional lawmaker to have their phone seized was the one who was endorsed by Trump in the last two years.

Text messages obtained by the House Select Committee show that five days after President Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election, then-White House Chief of Staff MarkMeadows sent a message to then-White House Chief of Staff RickPerry. The Brits and the CIA were accused of manipulating the vote.

According to former Trump aides, one of the six GOP lawmakers who sought pardons after the January 6 Capitol riot was a vocal supporter of Trump.

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