meeting. they are voting tonight on a measure to defer criminal charges. trump s social media advisor dan and trade secretary peter navarro. both witnesses violated subpoenas that refusing to sit for depositions and both were deeply involved in the scheme to subvert the results of a democratic election and paul off the first american coup. in the 34-page contempt report, the committee says he was likely with trump on january 6th and 5th and say they have reason to believe he may have had advanced warning about the potential for violence. separately, navarro worked with alt right extremists and steve bannon on the green base sweep to delay certification of the vote and navarro has explicitly said trump was on board with the strategy. separately, the washington post reports the committee now wants to interview ginni thomas, the wife of clearance thomas
this evening to consider the house of representative find peter k. navarro and daniel scavino junior in contempt of congress for refusal to come pry with subpoenas that duly issued by the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. without objection, the chair authorizes to declare the committee in recess at any time. i ll recognize myself for an opening statement. this evening, the select committee is considering two more citations for criminal contempt of congress for daniel scavino junior and peter navarro. before i get started, i want to comment quickly on the ruling today and john eastman s lawsuit to stop the select committee from obtaining certain records.
for executive branch confidentiality. that same conclusion should apply to mr. scavino and mr. navarro. let me pause for a moment on one specific legal point. like mr. meadows, mr. navarro insists that he is above the law, and his categorically and absolutely immune from any congressional subpoena regarding january 6th. we are aware of no court anywhere in america that has ever agreed with this proposition. to the extent that mr. navarro and mr. meadows are attempting to rely upon memorandum for the justice departments of legal counsel, those miranda explicitly do not apply here. in this context, mr. navarro was not acting as a white house aide advising the president on official matters and policy. he was acting as a trump campaign operative planning a