Peter Navarro did not convince US District Judge Amit P. Mehta that his disregard for a subpoena from the now-defunct House Select Committee investigating the Republican-led January 6th domestic terrorist attack on Congress was covered by executive privilege or any immunity granted by Donald Trump, CNN reports.
Mehta ruled that Navarro’s assertion was not backed up by evidence, saying that privilege could only be asserted by Trump himself or by an agent Trump had authorized to make the claim. Mehta stated that Navarro had not demonstrated to his satisfaction that Trump or Trump’s agent made the assertion through Navarro, who is acting as his own attorney in the case.