Grand jury indicts former Trump adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress

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Source: CNN

A federal grand jury has indicted former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate in the House January 6 committee's investigation.

According to the Justice Department, Navarro will make an appearance in court Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET in Washington.
He faces two contempt counts: one for his failure to produce documents demanded by the committee and the second for failing to show up for subpoenaed testimony before House investigators.

The House had voted in April to refer Navarro to the Justice Department for not complying with the select committee's February subpoena.
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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/03/politics/peter-navarro-indicted/index.html

[JustAnotherGen]

1. See you posted this at 12:03 PM

There are probably others coming along.

But - this makes me so happy!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This will be fun to watch

It seems that this indictment is for contempt of Congress and the other subpoena is separate and is from grand jury investigating Jan. 6 and may be aimed at TFG

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/03/politics/peter-navarro-indicted/index.html

Navarro had claimed that he was unable to cooperate because former President Donald Trump had asserted executive privilege in the matter. The committee had countered those arguments by citing for example that many of the topics it wanted to discuss with him he had already written about in great detail in his book.

The indictment comes after Navarro revealed Monday that he had been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors who were seeking documents related to his decision. Navarro said in an interview with MSNBC Thursday night that he "responded" to the Justice Department, but he declined to say he would be willing to turn over the documents requested by prosecutors.

The subpoena from the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia specifically requests "all documents relating to the subpoena dated February 9, 2022, that you received from the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including but not limited to any communications with former President Trump and/or his counsel or representatives."

I look forward to seeing how this indictment is tied to the grand jury subpoena.

In addition, the lawsuit filed by Navarro was objected to by the court on the court's own motion A person who represents himself has a fool for a client. The petition filed by Navarro was so bad that it was funny. The judge read the petition and told Navarro that his petition is a piece of garbage and to refile something that makes sense. This two page ruling makes me smile

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[JustAnotherGen]

14. When is the perp walk?

[BumRushDaShow]

16. A couple sources have reporrted the frogmarch happened already

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Jun 3, 2022
BREAKING: Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro was indicted by a grand jury on contempt of Congress charges for defying subpoenas from the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, the Department of Justice announced.
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Peter Navarro indicted on contempt of Congress charges over Jan. 6 investigation
Peter Navarro was indicted by a grand jury on contempt of Congress charges Friday for defying subpoenas.
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MORE: Navarro was taken into custody earlier today, according to a law enforcement official.
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Peter Navarro indicted on contempt of Congress charges over Jan. 6 investigation
Peter Navarro was indicted by a grand jury on contempt of Congress charges Friday for defying subpoenas.
12:58 PM · Jun 3, 2022

[vlyons]

18. His greed got the better of him

So eager was he to cash in on his proximity to the Trump white house, that he couldn't resist blabbering his head off in his book. And all that blabbering left him with no credible argument of executive privilege.

What's the 1st thing a lawyer tells his client? Say nothing. Jeezus those Trump people are stupid.

[EYESORE 9001]

2. Lordy, let there be a frogmarch

I give a virtual smooch to the first DUer to post the video.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. I would like to see that video also

[BumRushDaShow]

3. WaPo

Former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro charged with contempt of Congress

By Spencer S. Hsu
June 3, 2022 at 12:03 p.m. EDT


Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro has been indicted on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress after refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department announced Friday.

Navarro, who was a trade adviser to Trump, also revealed he received a grand jury subpoena in a lawsuit he filed Tuesday against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the bipartisan House committee.

Navarro, 72, is charged with one contempt count involving his refusal to appear for a deposition and another involving his refusal to produce documents to the committee, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington. The indictment was returned Thursday and unsealed Friday, and Navarro is to make his initial appearance this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The Jan. 6 committee subpoenaed Navarro in February seeking records and testimony from the former trade adviser, who has written and publicly discussed the effort to develop a strategy to delay or overturn certification of the 2020 election.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/03/pete-navarro-indicted-contempt-congress/

[ashredux]

6. He is in handcuffs...

[BumRushDaShow]

7. NYT

Former Trump Adviser Charged With Contempt for Defying Jan. 6 Subpoena


By Alan Feuer and Luke Broadwater
June 3, 2022, 12:20 p.m. ET


Peter Navarro, a White House adviser to former President Donald J. Trump who defied a subpoena to provide information to the special House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, was charged on Friday with contempt of Congress. Prosecutors say that Mr. Navarro, 72, was issued a subpoena by the House committee on Feb. 9, but failed to appear for a deposition or provide documents to congressional investigators.

The indictment charges him with two counts of contempt that each carry a maximum sentence of a year in prison, as well as a fine of up to $100,000. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A former White House trade adviser who undertook extensive efforts to keep Mr. Trump in power after the 2020 election, Mr. Navarro is the second high-ranking former presidential aide to be charged with contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House committee. In November, Stephen K. Bannon, a former top aide to Mr. Trump, was indicted on similar charges.

The indictment against Mr. Navarro came nearly two months after the House voted on mostly party lines to recommend criminal charges against him. Lawmakers decided in the same vote to recommend a contempt indictment against another of Mr. Trump’s top aides, Dan Scavino Jr. The House has also recommended that Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, be charged with contempt. But the Justice Department has yet to take action on the criminal referrals against Mr. Meadows or Mr. Scavino.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/03/pete-navarro-indicted-contempt-congress/

[msfiddlestix]

9. ✔️

The indictment against Mr. Navarro came nearly two months after the House voted on mostly party lines to recommend criminal charges against him. Lawmakers decided in the same vote to recommend a contempt indictment against another of Mr. Trump’s top aides, Dan Scavino Jr. The House has also recommended that Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, be charged with contempt. But the Justice Department has yet to take action on the criminal referrals against Mr. Meadows or Mr. Scavino.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Those 2 remaining

were (aside from the children), the closest "working stiffs" to 45. Makes me wonder if they were already under an active (perhaps meatier) investigation before the J6 subpoena, thus the delay from DOJ so far.

I sometimes remind myself of Meadows' predecessors - Preibus, Kelly, and Mulvaney.

[msfiddlestix]

19. You'vve inspired me to try to take this optimistic view

I'll hold back on my pessismism and attempt to maintain some hope, that your suggestion may just be what's going on.

A very challenging effort on my part, as I've lived through too many egregious acts of crimes committed by high officials over the past century, decades and in particular these past few years under the previous socio/psychopath's reign of terror.

Many conducted largely in the open. It's difficult for me. And SCOtUS is in my view, largely illegitimate branch of our government.

I hope the DOJ can overcome the long lasting obstacles entrenched in that department since it's inception over a
150 years ago.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. Well who knows what will happen

but I sometimes console myself in considering that Fitzmas (and Patrick Fitzgerald) happened under a GOP Attorney General (Ashcroft, who recused and punted to Comey) and similarly Mueller, who had to operate under another corrupt GOP Attorney General (Barr). So...

You did have a handful of AGs like Ramsey Clark (and of course briefly Bobby Kennedy), among a few others.

What is going on now with J6 is unprecedented for the entire 235 history of this country. Literally.

[msfiddlestix]

24. Yeppers, Ramsey Clark and Bobby Kennedy

a couple of great exceptions

Yeah, wait and see,...


It is a GOOD thing to read regarding Navarro's arrest. I know it's only for a very shrt time, but still.

I'd love to see any video of that perp walk.

[BumRushDaShow]

26. I know all kinds of folks are looking for that

although I'm thinking he just turned himself in but just a guess.

I did just see a Raw Story article that had this MSNBC video discussing this today -

[Walleye]

21. That's just what I have been hoping

[BumRushDaShow]

28. There's an NBC reporter doing a twitter play-by-play of the court with Navarro

(was trying to get it unrolled but it was taking that site too long to get it all)

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly

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Government is not moving for Navarro’s pretrial detention. Pretrial services wants him to report weekly by phone, notify the of travel within the U.S., surrender his passport, not use drugs, etc.
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“This is not the way that America is supposed to function,” Navarro says. “No American should be treated the way these people treated me today.”
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“This is not America,” Navarro says, calling the Jan. 6 committee a “sham committee” that is “working in collusion with the White House.”
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Peter Navarro says he was flying to Nashville for a television appearance.

“The agent who arrested me today had been to my apartment the previous week,” he says.

“I actually live right next to the FBI,” but they arrested him at airport.
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Peter Navarro — a former White House official — says he intends to continue to represent himself pro se because he doesn’t want to spend his retirement savings

“Let me stop there,” Navarro finally says, before adding that he saved lives and created jobs.
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Navarro says this arrest was a “preemptive strike” against the lawsuit he already filed.

Wants civil suit to go forward before his arraignment.
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“This is something that needs to get to the Supreme Court,” Navarro says. Alleges collusion between the White House and Congress to strip Trump of executive privilege.
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Navarro is doing an awful lot of talking!

Bad faith, he says.

Prosecutorial misconduct, he says.

Talks at length about his civil suit, going through the points now.
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“I do want to make the case that the arraignment should be postponed,” Navarro tells the judge, who says he isn’t arraigning Navarro today anyway.
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Navarro says he was arrested at the airport as he was about to make a trip.
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[towerbum]

8. this will rattle a few cages !

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. BREAKING: Peter NAVARRO indicted for contempt of Congress.

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[Nittersing]

11. He's in custody... hahahahahaha

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The U.S. Attorney's Office tells NBC News that Peter Navarro "is in custody pending the court appearance."
@MSNBC

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Navarro is in custody

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/former-trump-adviser-peter-navarro-indicted-contempt-congress-charges-rcna31856

Court documents indicate that the government requested that Navarro's indictment be sealed until his "arrest operation is executed." The U.S. Attorney’s Office told NBC News that Navarro “is in custody pending the court appearance” later Friday.

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. The case will be Judge Amit Mehta's court

I like this judge

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The case will be overseen by Judge Amit Mehta, who is also presiding over two other crucial Jan. 6 cases: the seditious conspiracy trial against leaders of the Oath Keepers and a sprawling series of civil lawsuits against Trump filed by members of Congress and Capitol Police officers. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Elizabeth Aloi and Molly Gaston are handling the case for DOJ. Amanda Vaughn, the lead prosecutor in the Bannon case, is also listed among the prosecutors.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. The DOJ grand jury subpoena is separate from this indictment for contempt of Congress

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[patphil]

20. One of many I hope.

[Novara]

23. He's been arrested

Wasn't he fucking around giving interviews on TV yesterday rather than complying with the latest subpoena to appear at the DOJ?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. Navarro is representing himself, I.e., Navarro is pro se or "ro se"

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. Navarro backed down and is represented by counsel for today

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[BumRushDaShow]

29. Courtroom play-by-play going on live with this guy

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly

[towerbum]

30. anybody that play's with donny , end's up indicted & a big time out !

[ck4829]

31. K&R