Posted on 06/04/2022 3:55:13 AM PDT by blam
Peter Navarro outside the federal courthouse in Washington on Friday, taking questions from reporters. (AP)
Legal experts say the indictment filed on Friday against former Trump White House official Peter Navarro is nothing more than a political witch hunt.
Navarro was indicted on contempt charges after defying a subpoena from the Democrat-dominated House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Under the subpoena, which was issued in February, Navarro was instructed to provide a deposition and documents to the committee. Because he refused, Navarro faces two counts. Each of the charges carries potential penalties of between 30 days and a year in jail and a fine of up to $100,000, according to the Department of Justice.
He is the second Trump adviser to be charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee. Navarro has claimed executive privilege, which the House panel has rejected, claiming its questions don’t violate any areas of privilege.
Navarro was serving as an official adviser to the president at the time of the Jan. 6 breach. That’s in direct contrast with Steve Bannon, who, like Navarro, has been charged, but was an outside adviser to Trump and not an official member of his administration at the time of the breach.
The House has also voted to hold former Trump aide Dan Scavino and former chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt, but the DOJ has not prosecuted either of them to date.
John Tolley, a New York-based attorney and former prosecutor, called the indictment against Navarro “interesting because it does bring up some major constitutional issues.”
While rare, it is not unprecedented for the House to vote to hold high-profile figures in contempt of Congress.
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I see the Dems finally got around to going after the number two target on their CCP provided hit list.
When was he arrested and put in leg irons?
Oops, nevermind.
If it ever happeneds and control comes back in the house and senate all those who want to treat these scumbags as friends and co workers need their heads examined. We need an all out effort to indict and prosecute all those playing this charade and crimes against the American people
Read later.
Only the “enlightened” were not aware of this.
Welcome to China.
Republicans get charged. Democrats don’t.
Forget the damn two tiers. This is an example of Stalinist tyranny right inside the United States. In a sane America, the ones who ordered that would be frog-marched into the same cell and left to rot.
They're not your pals, your friends, or your fellow Americans.. They're the commie crooks who are out take from you everything you hold dear.. Your home, your family, your liberty and your country.. A rat, no matter what color you paint it, is STILL a rat.!
Amen
I don’t believe he was being nice. The concept of fight is just not in him.
He negotiates, makes deals. He lacks the will and the ability fight and he lost badly
THIS TYRANNY IS TO SHOW ANYONE THAT WORKS FOR TRUMP.....THIS WILL HAPPEN TO YOU ALSO.....WE WILL DESTROY AND BANKRUPT YOU!!!
Folks our republic is so far gone it is not coming back. It was a mostly nice run but eventually as with all good things the termites eviserate it from the inside out. Just recently we had the example of that POS Schumer threaten Supreme Court justices during deliberations. Not a peep. Not an arrest. Nada. The jerk should be swinging in the navy yard but we imprison and economic adviser for not showing up at a star chamber. UNBELIEVABLE. The end
When are people going to wake up to how dangerous the Democrat Party has made our country? My heart hurts for the blood and treasure spent trying to fight exactly what they are ushering in.
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