Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro was indicted Friday on contempt charges after defying a subpoena from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Navarro is former President Trump’s second aide to be charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the Jan. 6 investigation. “This was a preemptive strike by the prosecution against that lawsuit,” Navarro told Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui during his court appearance. The subpoena was the first known instance of prosecutors seeking testimony from someone who worked in the Trump White House as they investigate the attack. The former economics professor was one of the White House staffers who promoted Trump’s baseless claims of mass voter fraud.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 03, 2022 16:36 UTC