{"id":972120,"date":"2021-11-05T12:43:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T16:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=972120"},"modified":"2021-11-05T12:43:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T16:43:56","slug":"exclusive-rep-scott-perry-demands-attorney-general-open-fraud-investigation-into-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-scott-perry-demands-attorney-general-open-fraud-investigation-into-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Scott Perry Demands Attorney General Open Fraud Investigation Into Secretary Of Defense Lloyd Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-rep-scott-perry-demands-attorney-general-open-fraud-investigation-into-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-austin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=972120&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry sent a letter Friday to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding he open a fraud investigation into Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, saying he believes Austin knowingly made a false statement about military members\u2019 religious liberties in regards to the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, first obtained by the Daily Caller, Perry claimed Austin violated 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1001, which says it is a crime to make a false statement \u201c<span class=\"a\">within the jurisdiction of the <\/span><span class=\"a\">executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Perry wrote the letter after a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Liz_Wheeler\/status\/1453535521637117954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> claimed documents allegedly showed&nbsp;the U.S. Navy plans to deny religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Perry mentioned Austin\u2019s August 9, 2021 memorandum, where he said the DOD takes freedom of religion and worship seriously and that there would be a religious exemption possibility for any mandatory vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Perry claimed Austin has engaged in fraud after reading the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Liz_Wheeler\/status\/1453535527576252421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">documents<\/a> reportedly submitted by Navy sailors at Information Warfare Training Command Corry Station in Pensacola, Florida. In the documents, several sailors are requesting a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans have a word for knowingly misleading or deceiving someone into believing something that the perpetrator knows to be false \u2013 fraud. But that\u2019s exactly what this feckless administration has engaged in yet again when they promised to preserve our warriors\u2019 religious rights through exemption, but had absolutely no intention of doing so,\u201d Perry told the Daily Caller before their office hand-delivered the letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the heels of President Biden\u2019s disaster in Afghanistan, this unconscionable, reprehensible, and outrageous sham is yet another slap in the face to those who protect our Nation and our American way of life,\u201d Perry added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE LETTER HERE:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View (DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) -- Religious Exemption Fraud Letter AG on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/537409207\/DAILY-CALLER-OBTAINED-Religious-Exemption-Fraud-Letter-AG#from_embed\">(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) \u2014 \u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1001, it is a crime for an individual to \u2018knowingly and willfully \u2026 make any materially false, fictious, or fraudulent statement or representation\u2019 within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States. Through his memorandum and subsequent presiding over the forced vaccination of Service Members and DoD employees without regard for or consideration of their religious liberties, Secretary Austin knowingly made a statement that is utterly and intentionally false. Accordingly, I refer Secretary Lloyd Austin for violation(s) of 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1001,\u201d the letter states.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/05\/house-republicans-ronny-jackson-urge-secretary-defense-lloyd-austin-reconsider-vaccine-mandates-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Urge Secretary Of Defense To Reconsider Vaccine Mandates In Military)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier Friday, Republican Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson and a group of House Republicans sent a letter to Austin, calling on him to prove that a vaccine mandate does not negatively impact readiness and or negatively impact the DOD\u2019s ability to conduct operations globally despite a possible loss of personnel. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/20\/house-republicans-arkansas-bruce-westerman-letter-secretary-miguel-cardona-against-federal-vaccine-mandate-public-school-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Send Letter To Secretary Cardona Calling Against Federal Vaccine Mandate For Public School Students)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/23\/biden-private-sector-vaccine-mandates-fda-approval\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">urged more private sector companies<\/a>&nbsp;to impose vaccine requirements in August after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pfizer vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon is<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/23\/pentagon-covid-vaccine-mandate-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&nbsp;requiring all military service members to get vaccinated<\/a>&nbsp;against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller contacted the DOD about Perry\u2019s letter to which they did not immediately respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Pennsylvania Rep. 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