documents to the committee, and a second, before failing to appear for a death of he is now the second former trump advisor to be indicted for criminal contempt in congress. in connection with this investigation. presidential advisor, steve bannon, indicted on similar charges in november. it now appears navarro, in fact, will be the last person indicted. why? because on friday, the justice department said, they will not file criminal contempt charges against trump s ethics chief of staff, mark meadows, or dance give enough, for their refusal to cooperate with the committee s investigation. they call the decision not to indict meadows, and scavino, quote, puzzling. we are such learn more about trump, and his company s efforts to overturn the last election during the committee s public hearing, which got underway thursday. we should note, the groundwork has been laid for graham to. new things showed by s future election results. recruit, and install, party trained volunteers,
vossoughian, if you re just joining us, welcome if you re still with us thanks for sticking around. it s time to make the case, 17 months after the january 6th riot, nearly a year after reform this week the committee investigation into what happened will finally start laying out its case to the american public. thursday will be the first primetime hearing of the committee and we re already getting details on what they ll present including tapes and interviews with first daughter, ivanka trump and jared kushner. this is happening as committee members say their goal is to give everyone the overall big picture. the american people i think, we ve seen a number of bombshells already, there is a great deal they haven t seen but perhaps most importantly the public hasn t seen it woven together, how one thing led to another, how one lying to overturn the election led to another and ultimately led to terrible violence. the first non peaceful transfer of power in our history. we want
televised hearings next week. ryan noble at the capitol with us for the very latest. what are two contempt charges he is facing . reporter: so these are reled to the defiance of the subpoena sent to him via the january 6th committee, one has to do with his refusal to hand over documents the committee is interested in as part of their investigation, the other is his refusal to sit in deposition for interview with the committee, both could result in serious jail time and a hefty fine, so far he has been defiant as he was pri was prior to the subpoena issued, he claimed he had executive privilege protection extended to him by the former president donald trump, obviously the committee felt different as did the department of justice. so what happened in court next. reporter: there were some the theatrics, complained about the way the fbi knocked down on his door, complained about the way they arrested him at the airport in washington as opposed to asking him to come in and s
time 8:00 eastern. ryan nobles is at the capital for us with the very latest. what r are the two contempt charges? reporter: these are two felony charges both related to peter navarro s defiance of the subpoena sent to him by the january 6th select committee. one has to do with his refusal to hand over documents that the committee is interested as part of their investigation. the other has to do with his refusal to sit for a deposition and interview with the committee. both are serious charges that could result in significant jail time and a hefty fine. so far navarro has been very defiant, just as he was prior to the subpoena being issued. what s interesting about his situation, he did not engage with the committee at all. he claimed that he had an executive privilege protection that was extended to him by the former president donald trump. obviously the committee felt differently as did the department of justice. hence the reason that he s under indictment tonight. what
tropical storm system closing in on florida. it s bringing heavy rain. there s already some flooding, as you can see, from these pictures we re getting in. there are 10 million people under tropical storm warnings right now. the timing and potential impact coming up. plus the show goes on despite the queen s absence. the platinum jubilee celebrations that are under way today. we are so grateful you re starting your weekend with us. it s saturday, january 4th. good morning, christi. good morning, boris. let s talk about the two former trump administration officials. they will not face charges for contempt of congress in the january 6th investigation. now the department of justice says it won t indictment former white house chief of staff mark meadows and former jeopardy chief of staff dan scavino. it could hinder the committee s efforts to enforce subpoenas. another trump ally is facing charges. a grand jury indictmenting former adviser peter navarro for contempt of