Former Trump aides Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were held in contempt of Congress on Wednesday for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol building. In a near party-line vote of 220-203, the House voted to refer the charges against Navarro, former White House trade advisor under the Trump administration, and Scavino, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for communications to the Justice Department for possible prosecution.
The vote came after both Navarro and Scavino refused to testify before the committee, citing their claims of executive privilege as former White House advisers. During the floor debate, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy accused the Jan. 6 committee of “criminalizing dissent,” defended Scavino as a “good man” and criticized members of the committee, some by name. “Let’s be honest, this is a political show trial,” McCarthy said. The nine-member Jan. 6 committee …
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