The aura ring im Arlette Saenz at the white house. And this is cnn trump allies, surrenders. Peter navarro becoming the first former white house official to be in prison for defying congress. What will his four months in . Isnt look like well talk to an expert on whitecollar crime and well discuss how the former president s legal problems may finally be catching up with him. And former top general in the hot seat on capitol hill as House Republicans hold a highstakes Election Hearing on the Biden Administrations botched withdrawal from Afghanistan Plus escaped from haiti, americans caught in the chaos consuming that country. Now, trying to flee. And just moments, were going to be joined by a Nonprofit Group working to bring them home. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central an infamous first for a once powerful trump ally this morning, donald prompts former white house trade adviser Peter Navarro arrived at a federal pris
televised hearings next week. ryan noble at the capitol with us for the very latest. what are two contempt charges he is facing . reporter: so these are reled to the defiance of the subpoena sent to him via the january 6th committee, one has to do with his refusal to hand over documents the committee is interested in as part of their investigation, the other is his refusal to sit in deposition for interview with the committee, both could result in serious jail time and a hefty fine, so far he has been defiant as he was pri was prior to the subpoena issued, he claimed he had executive privilege protection extended to him by the former president donald trump, obviously the committee felt different as did the department of justice. so what happened in court next. reporter: there were some the theatrics, complained about the way the fbi knocked down on his door, complained about the way they arrested him at the airport in washington as opposed to asking him to come in and s
Televised hearings next week. ryan noble at the capitol with us for the very latest. what are two contempt charges he is facing . reporter: so these are reled to the defiance of the subpoena sent to him via the january 6th committee, one has to do with his refusal to hand over documents the committee is interested in as part of their investigation, the other is his refusal to sit in deposition for interview with the committee, both could result in serious jail time and a hefty fine, so far he has been defiant as he was pri was prior to the subpoena issued, he claimed he had executive privilege protection extended to him by the former president donald trump, obviously the committee felt different as did the department of justice. so what happened in court
Man is below the law. if you get a subpoena, you can t hide behind vague claims of privilege. nixon versus gsa, the mcgann case, executive privilege is limited to immediate white house advisors on government policy. b bannon is a private citizen. his claims can t shield his conversations in plotting with other private citizens. his status according to the cases doesn t get executive privilege protection. he has absolutely no immunity. america, what would happen if you received a subpoena from congress or a court? do you think you could get away with just saying, go fly a kite? you would be held accountable, and so should mr. bannon be held to account for defying the law regarding this subpoena. to defend the rule of law, we must vote yes on this resolution, and i yield back the balance of my time to the
Again, he s trying to join the lawsuit, asking the court to decide whether he can refuse any kind of subpoena. this issue of absolute immunity or executive privilege, how would that be applicable, paul? well, fred, he doesn t have absolute immunity. there s really no witness in this situation would get absolute immunity. the executive privilege claim, it could have some legitimate basis. as a matter of fact, mulvaney more than anybody else would have an executive privilege claim because the president s discussions with his own acting chief of staff generally the court would view those as protected conversations, exempt in one situation. if it has to do with planning the commission of a crime, then there is no executive privilege protection. i think the democrats are going to be claiming here and in court of course there will be a claim made that this speconspiracy to