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Anderson Cooper 360

Grand Jury Indicts Former Trump Adviser Peter Navarro

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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A federal grand jury indicted former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate with the House committee investigation the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Journalist and author Carl Bernstein tells Anderson Cooper how big of a deal this indictment is. Plus, CNN Crime and Justice Correspondent Shimon Prokupecz joins AC360 to give an update on the Uvalde police response investigation and when the families could get some answers. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

And good evening. It has happened again another one-time advisor to the former president

0:04.7

is learning that a lawful subpoena to testify before Congress is not something to defy Peter

0:09.5

Navarro today joins Steve Bannon in the dubious distinction of being indicted on criminal

0:13.6

contempt of Congress charges in the January 6 investigation. He was arrested at a Washington

0:18.5

area airport on his way to Nashville made a court appearance today. Now this comes as

0:23.3

the House January 6 committee prepares to hold televised hearings next week starting

0:27.5

Thursday night in prime time at Eastern Sinan trying nobles at the capital force with

0:31.7

the very latest. So what are the two contempt charges Navarro's face in?

0:36.2

So Anderson these are two felony charges that are both related to Peter Navarro's defiance

0:41.4

of the subpoena that was sent to him by the January 6 select committee. One has to do

0:46.3

with his refusal to hand over documents that the committee is interested as part of

0:50.0

their investigation. The other has to do with his refusal to sit for a deposition and

0:54.6

interview with the committee. Both are serious charges that could result in significant

0:59.0

jail time and a hefty fine. So far Navarro has been very defiant just as he was prior to

1:04.7

the subpoena being issued. What's interesting about his situation is that he did not engage

1:09.0

with the committee at all. He claimed that he had an executive privilege protection that

1:13.3

was extended to him by the former president Donald Trump. Obviously the committee felt

1:17.3

differently as did the Department of Justice. Hence the reason that he's under indictment

1:21.9

tonight. So what happened in court and what's next? Well there was some theatrics. Peter

1:25.8

Navarro is no doubt a character of the former trade advisor to the former president Donald

1:30.2

Trump. He complained about the way the FBI handled his situation, the way they knocked

1:35.0

on his door for a subpoena for his at his apartment in Washington DC. The fact he complained

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