Republican congressman refuses to cooperate with Capitol attack panel
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5T8JA)
Scott Perry is first sitting member of Congress to get request for interview as Trump announces 6 January press conference
Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican and the first sitting member of Congress to be requested to provide documents and sit for an interview with the committee investigating the Capitol riot, said on Tuesday he would not comply with the panel.
The news came shortly after Donald Trump provocatively announced that he will hold a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort on 6 January, the first anniversary of the deadly attack on Congress.
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