The Trump stonewall starts to crumble as the little fish lose their cases.
As was Judge Amit P. Mehta, Howell’s district court colleague presiding over the criminal case against Navarro for contempt of Congress. A Trump economic adviser who became a player in the effort to overturn the 2020 election results, Navarro was subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.Like several other Trump officials, Navarro asserted executive privilege and declined to appear.
to hold him in contempt. The Justice Department agreed to prosecute him; he was indicted on two misdemeanor counts, failing to produce documents and failing to appear for testimony. The trial is set for next week.in defending himself because he hadn’t produced enough evidence — any evidence, really — that Trump had asserted executive privilege or ordered Navarro not to comply with the subpoena..
But, to echo Howell, consequences matter. If Navarro is convicted of contempt, there will be consequences for him — and an ominous lesson for future Navarros. Reckonings take time, but in a system governed by the rule of law, they eventually arrive.
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