Trump Ally Perry’s Phone-Records Fight With DOJ Revived by Court
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A federal appeals court has revived Republican Representative Scott Perry’s fight to block the Justice Department from reviewing his mobile phone in connection with the probe into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election.
A US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit panel on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling that gave Special Counsel John “Jack” Smith’s prosecutors the green light to review more than 2,000 records from Perry’s phone. The opinion is under seal, but the public docket shows the three-judge panel sent the case back to a district judge “to apply the correct standard” to specific categories of records.