Six House Republicans, including Scott Perry and Mo Brooks, have sought pardon since Jan. 6.

Former Trump aides in the White House testified before a committee on Jan. 6 that six Republicans in the House of Representatives have asked for the president’s pardon following the Capitol uprising.

Why it matters: The testimonies were reproduced at the end of a hearing that included new details about lawmakers’ involvement in former President Trump’s efforts to put pressure on the Justice Department to investigate his allegations of voter fraud.

• Representative Scott Perry (R-Pa.) In particular was a supporter of the appointment of Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, a strong believer in Trump’s allegations, as acting attorney general.

Driving the news: According to the assistants who testified, the following members requested pardon:

• Representative Scott Perry (R-Pa.)
• Representative Matt Goetz (R-Fla.)
• Representative Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)
• Representative Louis Homert (R-Texas)
• Representative Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)
• Representative Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.)

Details: Brooks sent an email to the White House asking for a “universal (universal) pardon” for himself, Goetz and the 147 members of the Republican House and senators who voted against the certification of Arizona and Pennsylvania voters, according to a member of the representative Adam Kinsinger (R-Ill.).

• Cassidy Hutchinson, who serves as assistant to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testified before the panel that she had personally heard from Biggs and Homer.
• Hutchinson also said she heard Green turn to the White House attorney’s office for clemency. She said spokesman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) “spoke of … an apology, but never asked me for one.”

What they say: “The general tone was, ‘We can be tried because we defended the president’s position on these things,'” former White House attorney Eric Hershman said in a closed-door testimony.

• “The only reason I know to ask for pardon is because you think you have committed a crime,” said Adam Kinzinger, who is leading the hearing.

Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to show that Perry supports the installation of Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, not Jeffrey Rosen, as acting attorney general.