Former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro tussles with a protestor after being spanked by Judge Amit P. Mehta in his criminal contempt case.
The ruling was blunt. Navarro will be barred from telling a jury that executive privilege was part of his decision not to respond to a congressional subpoena from the now-defunct House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. No wiggle room there.
Navarro attempted three times to tear a sign from the woman at his press conference after the ruling.
I was unable to locate a stand-alone video of the spectacle. Though the below link may open for you.
Ha Ha! “Bro, you're already facing charges… go ahead and commit another crime”
Navarro was Trump’s Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy.
If this woman was covered in a DK diary, I missed it.
Navarro’s case may be a major test for congressional authority and the reach of the presidency. The trial would follow the conviction by a jury of another former Trump adviser, Steve Bannon, on the same charges last year. Bannon is appealing.