here tonight. and i m proud to be for san diego s 49th congressional district. make no mistake, there are big differences between we, democrats, and our opponents. and to gather, with president clinton, we will protect medicare and social security, and a woman s right to choose. we will bring hope and pride and immunity and opportunity and responsibility to our future. thank you very much. good luck. he was proud to be carrying the clinton gold banner. in fact, first lady hillary clinton personally came to san diego to campaign for him. still not recognizing him? well, he was younger than. we all could miss how times changed. you could not win that 1986 congressional race. in fact, he didn t win any of the five races he ran in the 1990s, for various san diego political offices, all of them as a liberal. that gentleman s name was peter navarro. the very same beecher navarro who 20 years later would become a top official in donald trump white house. the very same peter nava
town. on that note, i wish you all are very good night. and a safe weekend. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us all week long. i ll see you on monday. ou on monday happy friday. so the year was 1996. president bill clinton was running for reelection. two years earlier, republicans have taken over the house of representatives for the first time in over 40 years. so democrats were focused on every single house seat they could possibly win back. one seat they had their eye on was in southern california. it was their candidate for that seat, speaking at the 1996 democratic convention. see if he looks familiar. it s a great honor to be here tonight. and i m proud to be carrying the clinton gold banner for san diego s 49th congressional district. make no mistake, there are big differences between we, democrats, and our opponents. and together, with president clinton, we will protect medicare and social security, and a wom
first, so the drama from today. peter navarro says the justice department was being aggressive and punitive by risking at the airport, instead of allowing him to turn himself in. prosecutors have already asked for the indictment to be sealed at first, because they feared he was at flight risk, if you knew they were coming. what do you make of how this went down today? well, he s already shown himself to be someone who does not comply with subpoenas and court orders. so the idea that if they were to ask him politely to please turn himself in, you would be reasonable to think that he might not comply, when you ask him to do that. so most people don t get the courtesy of an invitation to come in on their own. and most people get arrested. and because he didn t have a lawyer, it made it also more difficult to negotiate a self surrender. so, i think it was treated the way most criminals are treated when they re charged with a crime, alleged criminals, people who are charged with crimes. a
-bay sweep, why can t you talk to them about it, if you talk about it in public? you do realize they can hear you, right? from what we now know is that peter navarro appeared on ari s show last night, he had already been indicted by the justice department, just hours earlier on contempt of congress charges. because of all the talking that peter navarro is happy to do about his efforts to overturn the election, he has refused to talk to the january 6th investigation in congress. and a subpoena from congress is not a suggestion, if you defy it, you are breaking the law. peter navarro was arrested this morning in a washington airport, as he was boarding a plane for nashville, out of his initial hearing today. he was outraged that federal agents intercepted him at the airport, and put him in handcuffs, and just calling him and inviting him for a chat. how dare they treat him like this, he said. as the trump white house officials said, i literally helped save millions of peoples lives,
and the white house dan scavino who s also held in contempt of congress, and had that case referred to the justice department. the times suggest this might be because meadows and scavino negotiated with the january six investigation, turned over some documents. is there a meaningful difference? and you understand why a lot of people watching at home will say, oh my word, what is wrong with the justice department? you know, i don t know the facts yet about this. but based on what i read in their statement, it sounds like they just assess the equities of the two cases to be very different. and the facts and circumstances of the two cases to be very different. meadows was the chief of staff. scavino was deputy chief of staff. they are the presidents closest advisers. so any claim of executive privilege is a little stronger there. now, even if that executive privilege claim ultimately fails, as the supreme court has held with regard to documents from the national archives, what you have