Federal investigators delivered subpoenas or paid visits to the offices of several Republican lawmakers in Harrisburg this week, according to a PennLive report citing multiple sources.
The sources, who demanded anonymity in order to discuss the investigatory details shared with them, said the information being requested centers on U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R., Pa.) — a top Trump ally whose phone was seized by FBI agents on Tuesday, one day after a raid at Trump's Florida home.
"At least some of the individuals [in Harrisburg] receiving subpoenas were told they were not targets of an investigation," PennLive adds, "but that they may have information of interest to the FBI."
Sources told the outlet that the investigation is focused on Perry's role in a plan to use alternate/fake electors to try to overturn Biden's 2020 victory.
Find PennLive's full report with statements from the offices of Pennsylvania's House and Senate Republican leaders here.
THE CONTEXT: Perry, of York County, has been extensively linked to Trump's efforts to overturn Biden's 2020 victory. He has so far refused to cooperate with congressional investigators probing those activities and the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol building.
The New York Times calls Tuesday's seizure of Perry's phone "the latest sign of an escalating election inquiry" by the DOJ, one that's centered on the efforts to block Biden's win and distinct from the Presidential Records Act-related probe that led FBI agents to Mar-a-Lago on Monday.
Perry's lawyer, John Irving, told the paper that Perry's phone was returned to him on Wednesday. Irving also said that prosecutors informed Perry that "he was a witness in, not a subject of, their inquiry."
"Representative Perry has directed us to cooperate with the Justice Department in order to ensure that it gets the information it is entitled to," Irving added, "but to also protect information that it is not entitled to."