House votes to recommend two former advisers to former President Trump be referred to the Department of Justice on criminal contempt of Congress charges
The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riot is looking to hold Trump White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino and Trump's onetime trade adviser Peter Navarro in contempt of Congress for their refusal to cooperate with the panel's investigation or appear for their respective scheduled depositions.The House vote was 220-203. Just two Republicans -- Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois -- voted for the resolution.
The committee has accused Navarro, a former White House trade adviser, of making no effort to comply with its subpoena request, claiming that Navarro made it clear that he was unable to cooperate because Trump had asserted executive privilege in the matter.The committee has argued against Navarro's use of executive privilege, citing for example that many of the topics it wanted to discuss with him he had already written about in great detail in his book.
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