Jan. 6 Committee Thinks Perry Encouraged Meadows To Work To Alter Electoral College Vote: Report

The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol believes former Energy Secretary Rick Perry is the author of a text message to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that was turned over to the committee that called for encouraging Republican-led states to cast their Electoral College votes for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election regardless of the outcome of the popular vote, according to CNN; in this House floor moment from Tuesday, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks about the text message, which is attributed to a lawmaker, an attribution later corrected by Raskin's office. Stay Connected Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes: http://forbes.com