Trump Seeks To Intervene In Navarro Prosecution

Politico reports:

Donald Trump is once again making a last-ditch bid to help a former aide avoid prosecution for defying the Jan. 6 select committee.

A lawyer for Trump issued a letter this week endorsing the decision by former White House adviser Peter Navarro to blow off a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee by making blanket claims of executive privilege.

The Jan. 23 letter, filed in federal court, comes less than a week before Navarro is slated to go to trial for contempt of Congress for refusing to appear before the select committee last year.

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NEW: Trump made a last-ditch bid this week to derail Peter NAVARRO’s imminent criminal trial for defying the Jan. 6 select committee.

He did the same thing before Steve Bannon’s contempt trial too.https://t.co/teH94l6wAj

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 24, 2023

But there’s a crucial difference:

-Before Bannon’s trial, Trump claimed to *waive* executive privilege to permit Bannon to testify to the Jan. 6 committee.

-Now, Trump says Navarro was correct to assert privilege to defy the select committee.https://t.co/teH94l6wAj

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 24, 2023