we are starting with a major development on the january 6th insurrection. a federal grand jury has indicted peter navarro for criminal contempt of congress. now navarro is one of president trump senior advisers and the indictment charged him with, get this, failing to provide testimony and documents of the house committee investigating the capitol riot. essentially, they charge him with blocking the committee for doing its work. after his arrest, yesterday, navarro pleaded not guilty in federal court. and then, he later had the nerve to call the january six committee a sham that s working inclusion with the white house. okay, now, this is even though peter navarro has been all over television, y all, including on this very network, okay, bragging about his war in the insurrection, essentially. it s kind of ridiculous. the co-chairs of the january six commission, they had some thoughts. basically they said it s great that the department of justice is holding peter navarro acco
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it s 11:00 a.m. eastern now, and 8:00 a.m. pacific. i am ana cabrera in for josé diaz-balart. right now the judge overseeing the case is holding a sealed hearing, meaning no public, on issues protected by grand jury secrecy or attorney/client privilege. today s hearings come as new court filings by prosecutors contain the new photos of the boxes of documents seized during the mar-a-lago search. let s go to ken dilanian outside the courthouse in florida. also with us, former federal prosecutor and former senior investigative house for the january 6th committee. this is day three of hearings in this case. help us to keep it all straight. what do we need to know about today s hearing? ana, today is an example of a hearing many legal experts say should not have happened. you have two issues that already have been ruled on by other judges. in one case the fbi is arguing sorry, the defense is arguing against the search warrant of mar-a-lago, and that s a motion approved by the