Peter Navarro reports to prison for contempt in Jan. 6 investigation
Posted on AllSides March 19th, 2024
From The Left
Navarro insisted that he was protected from testifying before Congress by executive privilege, an oft-cited but loosely defined legal protection designed to give the president and top White House aides confidentiality as they make tough decisions while governing, without fearing that those private conversations will be publicly scrutinized. “I knew, from day one and getting that subpoena, based on my experiences in the White House, reading the Office of Legal Counsel memos at the Department of Justice, that absolute testimonial immunity was in place,” he said. Navarro then listed a...
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