Robby Brod | WITF
Robby Brod is WITF's Democracy Beat Reporter covering mis/disinformation and the harm they cause communities across Pennsylvania.
Before coming to Harrisburg, he worked at WHYY in Philadelphia, WVIK in the Quad Cities, and Iowa Public Radio in Iowa City. He was raised in Media, Pa. and graduated from the University of Iowa in 2017.
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It’s not known why the FBI seized the cell phone of midstate Congressman Scott Perry, who is a subject of the Jan. 6 Committee's investigation. WITF’s Robby Brod has more on what this development tells us, and what it doesn’t. -
Eight prominent Republicans say their research confirms former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election fair and square. WITF’s Robby Brod reports, the authors of the report include judges and former U.S. Senators.
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Another theater has canceled screening a film that includes Pennsylvania Republican politicians spreading disinformation about fraud in the 2020 election. WITF’s Robby Brod has more.
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The belief that the United States was founded as a Christian nation is growing among some Pennsylvanians. WITF’s Robby Brod reports they also think it's the government’s job to keep it that way.
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A former Trump White House aide says midstate Congressman Scott Perry suggested Trump go to the Capitol Building while its halls were being breached by rioters on Jan. 6, 2021.
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The Jan. 6 Committee has presented the evidence that midstate Congressman Scott Perry asked for a presidential pardon in the days after the 2021 attack on the Capitol. WITF’s Robby Brod takes a look at what this means for the GOP lawmaker.
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The Republican head of the state House says he and his family received death threats pressuring him to overturn the Commonwealth’s 2020 election results. WITF’s Robby Brod has more.
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Midstate Congressman Scott Perry allegedly asked for a pardon from then-President Donald Trump just days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in 2021. WITF’s Robby Brod has more on the latest House Select Committee hearing looking into Trump’s election fraud lie.
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Midstate Congressman Scott Perry’s role in helping former President Donald Trump try to overturn the 2020 election was discussed recently by the House Jan. 6 Select Committee. WITF’s Robby Brod has more.Midstate Congressman Scott Perry’s role in helping former President Donald Trump try to overturn the 2020 election was discussed recently by the House Jan. 6 Select Committee. WITF’s Robby Brod has more.Read the full story at: https://www.witf.org/2022/06/23/meadows-aide-pennsylvania-gop-congressman-scott-perry-asked-for-pardon/(Original air-date: 6/24/22)
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Attempts by former President Donald Trump’s allies to discredit Pennsylvania’s 2020 election results have been repeatedly debunked by the latest Jan. 6 Committee public hearing. WITF’s Robby Brod reports one election leader declared – under oath – the reported results were accurate.
