contempt of congress for failing to appear after being subpoenaed in february, failing to appear and failing to turn over documents. joining me now, kristin welker, kimberly adkins and ashley parker. talk to me about the stunning new development. peter navarro as i was saying was more than the trade advisor. he was involved in covid-19. he was involved allegedly in a lot of the events leading up to january 6 and after january 6 to try to overturn the election. that s right, andrea. that s at the crux of this indictment. let me read you a little bit of this release, which lays out why the january 6 committee felt as though it was necessary to indict peter navarro. he is charged with one count of involving his refusal to appear for a deposition and another involving his refusal to produce documents despite a subpoena from the house select committee to investigate the january 6 attack. the committee said the documents, his testimony are critical to understanding the events tha
hands to defy. the next steps are the doj process moves on. as bannon awaits trial, now navarro will face a trial on these two counts unless he reaches a deal. these committee hearings coming down the pike work on the separate track. we would expect there to be some interplay. the question, as viewers think about it the question is anyone willing to go this far to risk jail, to avoid providing documents or their own words, especially if they have discussed some of this, becomes, what are you hiding? that may be a theme we see in the congressional hearings. they say they have a lot of information. as for those holding back, why are they holding back? before i really let you go, ari, we just heard from nbc s ryan reilly that the government s motion to seal this indictment, to be kept under wraps until, quote, the arrest operation is executed, the court