hi, everyone. it s 4:00 here in new york. for about three minutes, a former president of the united states and current front runner for the republican presidential nomination was on the stand today. in case that seeks to hold him accountable for his words. that extraordinary courthouse moment today came on day four of ft defamation trial. donald trump testified in his defense. his attorney allowed to ask him only one question. do you standby your deposition? he said, 100%. he also added that he considers carroll s allegation false. that was stricken from the record immediately. that single question by his attorney is the result of a lengthy back and forth between the judge and trump s attorneys in which the judge warned trump not to relitigate the first trial in which he was found liable for sexually abusing carroll. there are no do overs. he ruled out the kind of statements trump has made outside of court. carroll s attorneys entered into evidence some of those statements in
investigation has found so far. cnn s senior justice correspondent, evan perez, is live from outside the district court. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is on capitol hill. and cnn legal analyst elliot williams is also with us. evan, explain the indictment and what happens next for navarro. reporter: well, alison, we re expecting that peter navarro is going to appear before a judge in the coming minutes here at the courthouse in d.c. behind me. he s facing two counts. one for failing to turn over documents to the january 6th committee. and a second count for failing to appear before a deposition. now, navarro was referred by the committee, by congress for prosecution just a couple months ago, along with dan scavino, another trump adviser. this indictment is only against peter navarro because the justice department has been looking at this, and in the case of navarro they decided he simply has less protections for his status as an adviser to the former president.
former trump aide peter navarro indicted today by the justice department on two counts, contempt of congress for the way he s defied repeatedly in public the insurrection probe. big news whether you follow it here on msnbc where mr. navarro has been a guest or anyone, really, in the trump world or around the nation. a trump white house adviser indicted for issues related to the insurrection. how it played out today. breaking news moments ago involving former top trump white house official peter navarro. peter navarro now criminally indicted. doj indicted him on two counts of contempt of congress. former adviser peter navarro is at this hour in federal custody and about to make a court appearance. he was issued a subpoena in february to produce documents and appear before the committee in march, but refused to do either. wow. they cuffed him, took him out. serious business here. this is very bad news for peter navarro. we are keeping an eye on the federal cows do
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undermine this process for the express purpose of causing chaos, and that ultimately is what led to january 6th. so navarro is a player that was involved in both the administration itself, had a close relationship, a close personal relationship with donald trump himself. so when he spouts off publicly about all the things that he was talking about, the question is, how much did trump and his closest associates know about these plans and how involved were they? listen, peter navarro is due in court to just a few minutes. we, of course, will watch that and bring you up to date on what happens there. but for now, wethanking you all. meanwhile, president biden said today he is being constantly briefed on congressional negotiations to pass gun reform and he will do what he can to bring about, quote, real progress. he gave a prime time address to put pressure on republicans to, quote, do something about the gun violence epidemic in