A federal judge granted government investigators access to email messages involving Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry – the official whose cell phone was seized by the FBI in August, it was revealed Friday.
U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell ruled that emails between Perry and other figures in former President Donald Trump's election overturn effort were not protected by privilege.
This included 37 emails among Perry, former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, lawyer John Eastman, and Clark's aide Ken Klokowski, a former senior counsel in DOJ's Civil Division. That made them fair game for investigators conducting the wide-ranging probe into January 6 and the election overturn effort.
The decision came in an unsealed ruling from June, Politico reported. The judge also ruled a batch of some 331 documents from Clark – who featured prominently in the House January 6 Committee's public hearings – were not protected in a September order on attorney-client privilege.
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