second trump ally indicted on a contempt channel. we begin the reidout with a choice, a choice about the continuation of mass murder and school shootings that are plaguing this country because it is a choice, not an inevitability as some might want you to believe. in fact, one of our political parties has gone to great lengths to make you think just that. well, at this point shouldn t the republican party just keep it real and openly admit at long last that they believe that a substantial number of dead church-goers and dead shoppers and dead doctors and, yes, dead chirp, big kids and little ones, is an acceptable trade-off for them to have as many guns as they want whenever they want with as little inconvenience as possible, and no one has said it better than democratic congress montana dare jones who spoke during yesterday s contentious debate over democrats package of gun safety bills. as the youngest member of this committee, i need to address my republican colleague
the wider public through the right wing media concocting with that man, steve bannon, they called the green bay sweep involved persuading members of congress to challenge the college electoral results setting off a chain reaction by their theory also by their cockamamie theory lead to stage legislators appointing trump elengthers. months after the january 6th committee made a criminal reseveral navarro to the department of justice, turn over records including communications with donald trump. at the time navarro s contempt with congress, cited executive privilege as a reason for stonewalling the select committee even though he wrote a book and went on television to boast about his role in the insurrection and how his plan for a bloodless coup would have succeeded if it weren t for the violence on january 6th. here he is. peter navarro on this very network with our amazing colleague, ari melber. we ll see ari in a moment. on yesterday. the very same die the indictment unseal
former trump aide peter navarro indicted today by the justice department on two counts, contempt of congress for the way he s defied repeatedly in public the insurrection probe. big news whether you follow it here on msnbc where mr. navarro has been a guest or anyone, really, in the trump world or around the nation. a trump white house adviser indicted for issues related to the insurrection. how it played out today. breaking news moments ago involving former top trump white house official peter navarro. peter navarro now criminally indicted. doj indicted him on two counts of contempt of congress. former adviser peter navarro is at this hour in federal custody and about to make a court appearance. he was issued a subpoena in february to produce documents and appear before the committee in march, but refused to do either. wow. they cuffed him, took him out. serious business here. this is very bad news for peter navarro. we are keeping an eye on the federal cows do
out in several cases, and we have biden, makes that determination. he hasn t. trump hasn t made the determination right or wrong. so there is none. the privilege runs to the president. it doesn t run to peter navarro. right. both walked us through this very clearly. both have been federal prosecutors, dealing with exactly these type situation. barbara make as point worth underscoring later in the broadcast, which is look at this kind of punitive move by the feds, it s not the first thing they do or the second. get to this point dealing with someone in this manner no person is above the law. certainly a principle tested in the era for the president mr. navarro once served. thank you both. tell you what s coming up. a busy newsweek and night here. we have a special report. walk through with you what peter navarro said and did and why it matters and the wider effort to save a coup to rob you of your
it s been a long news week but we have a special announcement for this sunday. we present the devil s advocate, a story about a lawyer who represented everyone from manson to saddam hussein. should be pretty interesting. devil s advocate, a mostly true story sunday at 10:00 p.m. on msnbc and peacock. the reidout with joy reid starts now. good evening, everyone. we have a lot to get to on a very nussi friday, including a major development in the january 6th front. a federal grand jury indicted former trump adviser peter navarro who ignored a subpoena from the january 6 committee. navarro hasn t been shy about divulging his role in the january 6th insurrection. he wrote a book and he s now the