Former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro snapped at a protester and tried to snatch their “Trump lost” poster Wednesday after a federal judge rejected his bid to forestall a contempt of Congress trial.
Navarro, 74, will face two counts starting Sept. 5 over his refusal to fulfill a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
US District Judge Amit Mehta ruled Wednesday that Navarro had failed to meet the burden of proof needed to demonstrate that executive privilege had been invoked to shield him from congressional subpoenas, allowing the trial to move forward.
Executive privilege gives the president the right to keep certain communications confidential.
Navarro claimed that Trump had invoked executive privilege and demanded he not divulge privileged content to the committee, thereby shielding him from subpoena liability.
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