The former top Trump aide refused to appear before that Jan. 6 elect committee.
Former top Trump White House aide Peter Navarro has been indicted by a grand jury on two counts of contempt of Congress, according to court documents.
Navarro, 72, made his first appearance in federal court Friday afternoon, after the indictment was unsealed Friday. He said he'd represent himself to avoid expensive legal fees and was joined by a court-appointed attorney for assistance. Navarro claimed he had told prosecutors to contact a lawyer on Wednesday, seeming to indicate a willlingness to cooperate with them, but he was instead taken into custody at the airport, where he planned to board a flight to Nashville for a TV appearance. The government, he said, was playing"hardball" and was pursuing a"bad faith projection."
Navarro called the Jan 6 committee a"sham" and, pointing at prosecutors, asked,"who are these people? This is not America."The government did not ask for Navarro's detention, so he will be released. He will not be allowed to carry a gun, but he successfully argued that he should be able to retain his passport.issued a subpoena
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