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
tv navarro did not comply but joined me last night, the day before his indictment. now, i want to show you something we re about to report first time tonight. because it s all brand new. it goes into this context. in the final countdown to today s asserted arrests flv nv navarro was facing that deadline of yesterday. didn t show up indicted under seal. if you look at that actual magistrate document here. i ll keep on the screen. dated june 2nd. under the highlighted comes in 16:34. that s 4:34 p.m. treating navarro as a fugitive because of risk of flight or tampering, a new crime. stayed under seal until they got him, at the airport. 16: 34 is two hours before navarro would gin us on-air last night. according to the filing, keep in mind when he was saying these
commander-in-chiefch. maybe it s the calm before the storm. what s the storm? the calm before the storm. the calm before the storm. we ll see. three days later, we re none the wiser about what he was actually talking about t. comments have sparked a storm of alarmed speculation. joining me now to try to make some sense of all this is retired admiral john kirby, a cnn military an lift and served as press secretary and state department spokesman under president obama. admiral, thanks for spending your time the president followed up those comments with tweets this weekend on north korea. listen to the reaction from congress woman on air last night. i have to ask about your reaction to president trump tweeting just an hour or so ago, only one thing will work in north korea, what do you think he means? well, ana, i think it s
malcolm has been on fire. malcolm, i saw you on-air last night. thank you very much, i haven t slept since as you looked at the camera and said this president is a pathological liar. malcolm, give me your reaction to the executive order. well, this executive order change is nothing. it s nicer, it s softer, it removes iraq. i think the statement about iraq is amazing. it acknowledges almost like an apology to the government of iraq they should never have been on that list to begin with. thanks to the people who served there, protecting the united states, translaters and interpreters. it removes green card holders, h is great. that never would have passed muster. it still is a muslim ban. none of the people who have come and committed terrorism in the united states have originated from any of these countries. they were all american citizens who have been born here or lived here for some time who are of the heritage of those countries.
tonight he joins us in the studio how are you? nice to see you. san southbound sean: your daughter breaking down, going to jail for 90 days. you have been here with me, two or three years now when i first found out about the prescription drugs and i came to you. we made pleas to dina to lawyers who made pleas to everybody. nothing has happened and it has gotten worse and worse and it has lead to this. sean: i watched this and i said this on air last night, i wonder in the end if maybe in judge has factored in what has happened to a lot of hollywood stars over the years. and worst-case scenario and she is thinking i m going to take a tough stan. why is this maybe not good in the end for her? i can understand that we spoke about that before. yes it could be a good thing if someone is prepared for something like this going to prison. lindsay is not prepared because she is on prescription medication. you saw which ones she is on.