Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro refuses to comply with a House subpoena for documents in Covid-19 probe, citing a 'direct order' from former President Trump to claim executive privilege, a letter from Navarro says.
"Your blanket refusal to comply with the subpoena in its entirety is improper," Clyburn said in the letter to Navarro."Courts have clearly held that White House advisers, such as yourself, cannot avoid compelled congressional process."said Trump told him to"protect executive privilege and not let these unhinged Democrats discredit our great accomplishments."
"At this time, I am unable to respond to the Subpoena, based on former President Trump's invocation of executive privilege," Navarro wrote to the House panel on Dec. 7. This"matter is out of my hands and something that the Sub-Committee should discuss with President Trump’s counsel," he said. The House panel's investigation into the handling of the pandemic has come under fire from Trump allies who have called the probe politically motivated. Some Republican lawmakers have alsothat Democratic leadership, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., conduct hearings to hold the"Chinese Communist Party accountable" for the pandemic.
Several Trump allies are also defying subpoenas in a separate House investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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