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Federal grand jury charges Navarro with two subpoena-default counts

Reporting and findings

  1. charged

    A federal grand jury indicted Navarro on two counts of contempt of Congress after he did not produce documents by February 23 or appear on March 2 in response to the January 6 committee's subpoena. Navarro claimed executive privilege; courts later found he did not prove Trump had invoked it. At indictment, the counts were allegations and Navarro remained presumed innocent.

Summary and current status

The charges covered failure to produce records and failure to appear for a deposition after he left government.

Later convicted on both counts

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  1. Donald J. TrumpWhite House trade adviserPeter Navarro