contempt of congress for failing to appear after being subpoenaed in february, failing to appear and failing to turn over documents. joining me now, kristin welker, kimberly adkins and ashley parker. talk to me about the stunning new development. peter navarro as i was saying was more than the trade advisor. he was involved in covid-19. he was involved allegedly in a lot of the events leading up to january 6 and after january 6 to try to overturn the election. that s right, andrea. that s at the crux of this indictment. let me read you a little bit of this release, which lays out why the january 6 committee felt as though it was necessary to indict peter navarro. he is charged with one count of involving his refusal to appear for a deposition and another involving his refusal to produce documents despite a subpoena from the house select committee to investigate the january 6 attack. the committee said the documents, his testimony are critical to understanding the events tha
involved. emma, tell me about what drew you to wanting to tell the story of the janes. little known it was not a widely known part of american legal history and medical history. yeah. i have a family connection to the story. so, i always sort of knew about it. but, you know, it s just we so often don t hear about the female heroes of history. those stories don t get told. so, it was just such a compelling opportunity for us to give these women a platform, especially at this time, you know? we re filmmakers. this is what we have to contribute to the fight. you know, we believe in this medium to create empathy around the issue, to put people in other people s shoes. and we believe in these women. these are deeply moral women that wanted to save lives and could testify to what this
country looked like last time women bodily autonomy they didn t have their own bodily autonomy, and they didn t have the right to choose. and tia, nearly 50 years later, roe v. wade likely to be overturned. so, what do you hope that people took away from the film? we hope that people, as emma said, get a sense of what it was like before we had federal protection for abortion and understand that this is this is our future. and, you know, it may mean death sentences for many people who won t be able to access, you know, affordable or safe, legal abortion care. you know, what we know and what we found in this film is when abortion is criminalized, it doesn t mean that women don t have abortions. it just means that they don t have access to safe abortions. so, we hope that this film is a cautionary tale and also an inspiration, you know, to help
term. emma potus, tia, laura, thank you all so much. the hbo documentary film the janes debuts june 8th on hbo and hbo max. and that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. have a safe weekend. follow the show online at mitchell reports. chris jansing reports starting right after this. chris jansing reports starting right after this riders! let your queries be known. uh, how come we don t call ourselves bikers anymore? i mean, riders is cool, but bikers .is really cool. -seriously? -denied. can we go back to meeting at the rec center? the commute here is brutal. denied. how do we feel about getting a quote to see if we can save with america s number one motorcycle insurer? should flo stop asking the same question every time? -approved! -[ altered voice ] denied! [ normal voice ] whoa. this summer, dinosaurs are in our world. -approved! -[ altered voice ] denied! pet dinosaur? i ll take care of you.