scavino and former trump advisor peter navarro in contempt after both men refused to comply with committee subpoenas. those referrals her head to the house and then to the department of justice where the attorney general merrick garland will be left to decide on whether to criminally indict the two men. chief legal correspondent for msnbc and host of the beat with already. ari, video of your interviews with peter navarro were shown in that committee hearing. part of the reason that was done was to basically tear apart mr. navarro s defense, that somehow these correspondence, these documents, are shielded by executives privilege. tell us why it s meaningful that pirro navarro went on your program to talk about what role he played with mr. trump in the january 6th insurrection? it was striking. you and i were sitting there. we don t know where they re going to introduce. the report that came out there
not his to waive, is in fact accurate. but if the executive privilege is not navarro s to waive, then neither, for the exact same reason, and by definition, is it his to assert in the first place. the supreme court has been clear that the executive privilege belongs to the president of the united states. and on february 28th, 2022, the white house counsel notified mr. navarro that president biden determined that assertion of executive privilege is not justified with respect to navarro s effort to cover up the evidence of his participation in this assault on american constitutional democracy. so, navarro then appeared to fall back on the vague assertion that the executive privilege here belongs to former president trump. which is not only dubious, but entirely are relevant because our committee has not been given any attempted invocation of executive privilege by donald trump. either formally, or informally,
which, according to a study commission by the u.s. china business council, quote, hurt the u.s. economy and failed to achieve major policy goals. now, mister chairman, i think the american people might be wondering, why our committee would need to speak. about the attempts to overturn the 2020 election. it s the vice chair noted, that is because mr. navarro held that title as a director of white house national trade council. and he devoted much of his time to white house political efforts outside the scope of his official duties. in fact, the american people are likely to know that mr. navarro in his political capacity. he was so active in the 2020 reelection campaign, that the united states special counsel ruled in 2020 that mr. of our oh repeatedly violated the hatch act. that is because the former president trusted mr. navarro as a spokesman and confidant. he was so intimately involved
who are you covering for? we ve been through this process before. wet mr. meadows are you covering up. and who are you covering for. when given the opportunities to give the truth about the attack on january 6th, mr. scavino and mr. navarro can tenure to put loyalty to donald trump before the constitution and the american people. tonight, i will vote to hold mr. scavino and mr. navarro accountable for their actions, and recommend that the house of representatives sight both of them for contempt of congress. the department of justice must act swiftly. i will echo what my colleagues have already said, but more bluntly, attorney general garland, do your job so that we can do hours. and i yield back. the gentlelady yields back. if there is no further debate,
contempt for the congress and the american people. the american people want to know what s sets him above the law. the supreme court said in 1950 and u.s. versus brian that is subpoena creates a public duty, which every person within the jurisdiction of the government is bound to perform when properly summoned. in 2020, the supreme court emphasized that it is the duty of all citizens to cooperate with a subpoena. but navarro invokes the words executive privilege, repeats the phrase over and over again. it is not my privilege to weigh. and he thinks he has found a magic wand to nullify the powers of the u.s. congress, just like he thinks he has found a magic wand to nullify the powers of the states to cast their own electoral college votes. now, navarro statement of executive privilege is, quote,