Ex-Trump aide Navarro indicted; Meadows won't be charged
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 03: Former Trump White House Advisor Peter Navarro speaks to the media outside U.S. District Court on Friday, June 3, 2022 in Washington, DC.
The former Trump aide was indicted by federal grand jury for contempt of Congress afte WASHINGTON - Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro was indicted Friday on charges that he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan.
6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but the Justice Department spared two other advisers, including the ex-president's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, from criminal prosecution.The department's decision to not prosecute Meadows and Dan Scavino, another adviser to former President Donald Trump, was revealed in a letter sent Friday by a federal prosecutor to a lawyer for the House of Representatives.
The move was reported hours after the indictment of Navarro and a subsequent, fiery court appearance in which he vowed to contest the contempt of Congress charges.The flurry of activity comes just days before the House committee leading the investigation into the riot at the Capitol holds a primetime hearing aimed at presenting the American public with evidence it has collected about how the assault unfolded.
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