Trump aide Peter Navarro indicted for contempt of Congress; what's next for defendant Navarro?

[Rhiannon12866]

Peter Navarro, aide to former president Donald Trump, defied a congressional subpoena seeking information about Trump's involvement in the insurrection and other efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. On April 6, Congress voted Navarro in contempt and referred him to the Department of Justice for prosecution.

Thereafter, the Department of Justice subpoenaed Navarro to appear before the grand jury. Navarro was scheduled to appear yesterday, June 2. But today, June 3, a grand jury indictment was unsealed charging Navarro with two counts of contempt of Congress.

Here is a discussion of the timing of today's charges and what is likely in store for Peter Navarro. - Glenn Kirschner 06/03/2022.

[magicguido]

1. DOJ is now working it's way up the Food Chain

[TexasTowelie]

2. It's a shame that they didn't indict Meadows or Scavino,

but I'll remain an optimist that they will be charged with more serious crimes soon.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Check out Kirschner's offering for today, he explains the likely plan:

DOJ Indicts Navarro & Bannon but not Meadows & Scavino. Here are three possible explanations why.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017740506

[TexasTowelie]

5. I just watched it.

Perhaps the prosecutors at DOJ were able to persuade Meadows and Scavino to be cooperating witnesses and it would make sense because Meadows did cooperate initially with the J6 investigation. I've been more patient than most members on DU regarding the pace that the DOJ is working on this overall assignment. Fortunately, my background as a state employee and in IT provided me with some guesses for how long some portions of the task might take. Gathering the evidence in the multitude of formats it existed and building the relational databases for record keeping probably required a few weeks before data was entered into them and new records continue to be added with each prosecution.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Thanks for the background, I've wondered, too.

But it does make sense that it would take time, this was a complicated plot and there were so many involved - and the Committee - and DOJ - need to do it right. And it does make sense that they'd hope for cooperating witnesses. The ultimate goal is to build an unassailable case against those who orchestrated and led this attempted overthrow of the government - and would have benefited most if it succeeded.