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Nevilledog

(50,686 posts)
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 03:49 PM Feb 2022

Trump Quack Peter Navarro BEGGING For Contempt Of Congress Referral Please Baby Please!





https://www.wonkette.com/trump-quack-peter-navarro-is-jonesing-for-a-contempt-of-congress-referral-like-his-pal-steve-bannon

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So it's not exactly a surprise that the House January 6 Select Committee has finally subpoenaed that weirdo to testify on a topic which he's already monetized by discussing it in a book. Nor is it surprising that Navarro flipped his shit in response.

"As the domestic terrorists running the January 6 partisan witch hunt are well aware, President Trump has invoked Executive Privilege; and it is not my privilege to waive," he shrieked in a statement to CNN. "They should negotiate any waiver of the privilege with the president and his attorneys directly, not through me."

Good to know the old goat hasn't mellowed since he left the White House. Nor has he gotten any smarter, since he immediately pivoted to pointing to one of the many, many places where he's already waived that privilege.

"I refer this tribunal to Chapter 20 of In Trump Time for what is in the public record about the Green Bay Sweep plan to insure election integrity — the last three people on God's good earth who wanted chaos and violence on Capitol Hill were President Trump, Steve Bannon, and I."

Here on "God's good earth," that's not how any of this works. Navarro can't put information "in the public record" and then refuse to talk about it in a particular venue. Trump can't invoke privilege by simply saying, "I'm telling Peter to keep his mouth shut." Nothing Navarro did in concert with Bannon is covered by executive privilege. And even if you have a legitimate privilege claim, you still have to show up and assert it when subpoenaed.

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Trump Quack Peter Navarro BEGGING For Contempt Of Congress Referral Please Baby Please! (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2022 OP
The Ari Melber interview shows Navarro explaining the coup attempt. ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2022 #1
An interesting slip in that interview with Ari TlalocW Feb 2022 #2
The Jan 6th Committee has seen that clip many times I am sure. ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2022 #3
Yet another waiver of privilege. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #6
Maybe Trump will do his time for him. Chainfire Feb 2022 #4
Kickin' Faux pas Feb 2022 #5

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,485 posts)
1. The Ari Melber interview shows Navarro explaining the coup attempt.
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 03:55 PM
Feb 2022

In Ari's lawyerey manner, he was able to get Peter Navarro on tape to confess to being part of the conspiracy to overturn the election. Navarro went on to name some names as well.

TlalocW

(15,359 posts)
2. An interesting slip in that interview with Ari
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 04:08 PM
Feb 2022

Was that Navarro accused Pence not of betraying America but of betraying Trump. It's not admission of a crime, but it certainly shows where his true loyalties lie.

TlalocW

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,485 posts)
3. The Jan 6th Committee has seen that clip many times I am sure.
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 04:12 PM
Feb 2022

One would think that would be enough to sink him...

For Ari's superb questioning is the Iceburg Navarro did not see coming.

Chainfire

(17,308 posts)
4. Maybe Trump will do his time for him.
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 04:13 PM
Feb 2022

Of course we all know that Executive Privilege was codified in order to protect criminal presidents from prosecution for their crimes.

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