(that would require 290) and without that, you would not be able to expel. What usually happens in the situation where criminal activities have been charged and/or resulted in convictions, the Rep. would resign.
The "participate" part would need to be shown beyond just voting for an "objection" to a state's certification, which was allowable through the law that was JUST changed thanks to including the text of the Electoral Count Reform Act in the last Omnibus Appropriations for FY23.
If they can nail down some of the circumstantial stuff like Boebert's communications of the location of the Speaker, but more so, since DOJ has Scott Perry's phone data, and they can definitively establish his firm involvement (and I think it's a foregone conclusion that he was involved in the planning/participation of the insurrection), that would be one to do right away.
Republican congressman says FBI seized his cell phone
By Sara Murray, Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz and Whitney Wild, CNN
Updated 10:11 PM EDT, Wed August 10, 2022
CNN — Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said Tuesday that the FBI had seized his cell phone. “This morning, while traveling with my family, 3 FBI agents visited me and seized my cell phone,” he said in part in a statement.
The search is connected to an investigation being conducted in part by the Justice Department inspector general, according to a personal familiar with the matter. While Perry has not said why his phone was seized, the watchdog also is investigating the actions of former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, and potentially others, as it examines the department’s role in seeking to assist former President Donald Trump to block certification of the 2020 election results.
Spokespeople for the Justice Department and its inspector general both declined to comment.
Perry is closely linked to Clark, who has come under scrutiny by federal investigators for his role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election and had his home searched by law enforcement officials earlier this summer.
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/politics/scott-perry-fbi-seize-cellphone/index.html
Apparently they went after Perry in an attempt to get Clark but I expect they may now have some interesting stuff on him. The phone was imaged and then handed back to him.
He sued to get his data back, but then 2 months later,
abruptly withdrew the suit.
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