Yahoo News reports:
The Department of Justice on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the former White House official Peter Navarro accusing him of “wrongfully retaining” presidential records “that are the property of the United States.”
The DOJ alleged in its lawsuit that Navarro violated the Presidential Records Act, which requires presidents and White House staff to preserve official documents and communications including gifts received in office, letters, emails, text messages, and social media posts, and turn those items over to the National Archives at the end of a president’s term.
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New: DOJ is suing Peter Navarro (separate from criminal contempt case) to turn over records from a private ProtonMail account that he allegedly used to send/receive messages while in the Trump White House.
Lawsuit here: https://t.co/NwvZMi2Cp4
— Alex Mallin (@alex_mallin) August 3, 2022
The DOJ sued Peter Navarro, an adviser to former President Donald Trump, seeking emails from his time in the White House that he has refused to return without a grant of immunityhttps://t.co/3wYQYF4uDu pic.twitter.com/oceYxvYHb6
— Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) August 3, 2022
DOJ, which has been busy this week, sued Peter Navarro for the return of comms on his private devices b/c they’re presidential records. The analysis is persuasive. Other presidential advisors who used private comms should be concerned. https://t.co/mOl3fMAqQ3 pic.twitter.com/HpQdXi9nqx
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 3, 2022