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The Beat with Ari Melber

Peter Navarro found guilty

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Thursday, September 7, and reports on Peter Navarro's conviction. Plus, Melber is joined by 2024 presidential candidate Cornel West. Zoe Lofgren, John Flannery and Josh Marshall also join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Trump White House aide Peter Navarro found guilty late today.

0:06.2

This is another win for the DOJ in this series of accountability cases.

0:09.9

Nicole Walson, I just discussing this.

0:12.1

Peter Navarro convicted on two counts for defying subpoenas, which were first issued after Mr.

0:17.9

Navarro revealed details on the beat about his and Donald Trump's efforts to steal the

0:23.1

election, as well as Navarro's own role in what he called a sweep plan to hijack the

0:28.9

Jan 6 certification.

0:30.4

Now, that led Congress through its committee investigating those issues to subpoena him.

0:35.0

He completely defied that subpoena, taking a far more extreme position than most other

0:38.9

witnesses in Trump A. It's now he generally claimed that he had some kind of executive privilege.

0:44.0

The judge though rejected that in this week's case.

0:46.9

So that teed up a very fast straightforward trial, about three days here.

0:50.7

The jury deliberating for just four hours today, Navarro arguing the entire case was a kind

0:55.8

of political targeting.

0:57.6

He said this just after learning that he was convicted late today, I'm going to show

1:01.5

you briefly.

1:02.9

He argued that none of this was a product of his own very unusual choice to defy the subpoenas.

1:09.7

I am not here convicted because of contempt of Congress.

1:14.0

I'm here because of association with Jason.

1:18.6

That's just wrong.

1:19.6

That will come along.

1:20.6

That's just wrong.

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