Former Trump White House trade advisor Peter Navarro has submitted a lawsuit challenging a grand jury subpoena that would force him to affirm about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The hyper-partisan Democrat House Jan. 6 committee issued the subpoena to Navarro in February. It implicated him in working with Trump strategist Steve Bannon to “develop and implement a plan to delay Congress’s certification of, and ultimately change the outcome of, the November 2020 presidential election,” according to Politico.
Defendants identified by Navarro in his 88-page lawsuit include House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, all members of the Jan. 6 committee, and U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Matthew Graves.
Representing himself, Navarro argues the Jan. 6 committee is “neither duly authorized nor properly constituted and therefore its legislative acts, including its subpoena issued to me…. are therefore ultra vires, unlawful, and unenforceable.”
In the lawsuit Navarro explains, “Duly authorized congressional committees have subpoena authority implied by Article I of the Constitution. McGrain v. Daugherty, 273 U.S. 135, 174 (1927). The Committee
is not, however, a duly authorized or properly constituted congressional committee because it fails to comport with House Resolution 8 117th Congress (2021) and with its own authorizing resolution, House Resolution 503 117th Cong. Therefore, the subpoena it has issued to me is invalid and unenforceable”
He wrote that recently, “two FBI special agents banged loudly on my door in the early morning hours to present me with a fruit of the poisonous tree Grand Jury Subpoena.”
He emphasized that the subpoena was “including but not limited to any communications with formal President Trump and/or his counsel or representative.”
A grand jury subpoena versus Navarro be the harshest action taken versus the Trump White House in relation to the Jan. 6 riot, Politico reported.
In his filing, Navarro mentions what would happen if the committee prevails and Democrats are no longer in power.
“If, in this case, the Committee and Joe Biden are able to effectively establish the principle that an incumbent can strip his predecessor of both executive privilege and testimonial immunity, just imagine what will happen to Joe Biden and his advisers if Republicans win both the White House and House in 2024,” he wrote. “In fact, I don’t need to imagine this repeat of the strategic game. If I’m not dead or in prison, I will lead the charge.”
According to the Lawsuit, Navarro has specifically requested a Jury Trial.
H/T JustTheNews
