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Navarro Indictment Shows 'Two-Tier' System, Raises 'Major Constitutional Issues'
Newsmax ^ | 6-4-2022 | Marisa Herman

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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KEYWORDS: creepstate; deepstate; fbi; harrassment; navarro; peternavarro; policestate; singlepartystate; trump
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1 posted on 06/04/2022 3:55:13 AM PDT by blam
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Trump Advisor Peter Navarro Tears Into FBI For 'Putting Him In Leg Irons And Putting Him In John Hinckley's Cell' After His Arrest For Contempt Of Congress: Calls Biden Government 'Authoritarian' And Compares Treatment To Stalinist Russia


2 posted on 06/04/2022 3:58:42 AM PDT by blam
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I see the Dems finally got around to going after the number two target on their CCP provided hit list.


3 posted on 06/04/2022 3:59:39 AM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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When was he arrested and put in leg irons?


4 posted on 06/04/2022 4:00:13 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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Oops, nevermind.


5 posted on 06/04/2022 4:01:22 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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This has been going on for years. Awan Imran, Eric Holder. Hillary’s IT guy

Hell, Hunter and Jim Biden have been pulling their scams since 2009 or so.




6 posted on 06/04/2022 4:07:13 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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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


7 posted on 06/04/2022 4:12:59 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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8 posted on 06/04/2022 4:18:24 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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STASI 2.0


9 posted on 06/04/2022 4:30:12 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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Read later.


10 posted on 06/04/2022 4:34:44 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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Peter Navarro tweets:

11 posted on 06/04/2022 4:47:12 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Only the “enlightened” were not aware of this.


12 posted on 06/04/2022 5:00:11 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…..)
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Welcome to China.


13 posted on 06/04/2022 5:05:05 AM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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Republicans get charged. Democrats don’t.


14 posted on 06/04/2022 5:05:40 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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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.


15 posted on 06/04/2022 5:16:52 AM PDT by odawg
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Trump should have gone full force after the commie crooks while he was in office. Playing the nice guy, forgive and forget is the biggest mistake anyone can make when dealing with the left.

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.!

16 posted on 06/04/2022 5:30:11 AM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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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


17 posted on 06/04/2022 5:39:04 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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THIS TYRANNY IS TO SHOW ANYONE THAT WORKS FOR TRUMP.....THIS WILL HAPPEN TO YOU ALSO.....WE WILL DESTROY AND BANKRUPT YOU!!!


18 posted on 06/04/2022 5:39:11 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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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


19 posted on 06/04/2022 5:42:19 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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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.


20 posted on 06/04/2022 5:50:14 AM PDT by Old Coach1 (Dangerous)
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