When it comes to White House aides, Donald Trump clearly had his favorites. And thanks to a recent move Trump made in court, that fact is probably hitting former White House adviser Peter Navarro with the force of an 18-wheeler right about now.
Navarro’s contempt of Congress trial for refusing to cooperate with a House Jan. 6 committee subpoena is scheduled to begin Jan. 30. (This month is racing by, ain’t it?)
Navarro, a co-conspirator in Trump’s plot to overturn the 2020 election, has made several dubious claims in an effort to stave off the contempt trial. Most notably, he alleges he’s been unfairly targeted by the Department of Justice because it declined to prosecute at least two other former Trump White House aides who spurned committee subpoenas.
Navarro told a federal judge that Trump — as a former president — wanted him to claim executive privilege over the subpoena.
But unlike former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former deputy chief of staff Dan…
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