Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro will face trial on contempt of Congress charges for defying subpoenas from the House Jan. 6 committee, with jury selection beginning Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected Navarro's bid last week to avoid contempt charges. Navarro, 74, said former President Donald Trump had invoked executive privilege to block him from testifying before the committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.Mehta said there were three prongs needed to satisfy claims of executive privilege.
Mehta said Navarro failed to cite specific examples of Trump discussing executive privilege with him. Last year, Navarro was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt of Congress, in part for failing to provide papers and another for failure to provide testimony to the Jan. 6 committee. He was indicted following a criminal referral from the House of Representatives for ignoring the committee's subpoenas.
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