Just how hard did some Republican members of Congress work to keep President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss? A court case is providing a few tantalizing clues.

Snippets and short summaries of texts and emails sent by Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, a top Trump ally, have emerged publicly for the first time as part of a court filing that was unsealed—perhaps inadvertently—by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., as part of a legal battle with federal prosecutors.