This week during a pretrial hearing, Donald Trump's former trade advisor, Peter Navarro,
asked a judge to just go ahead and get rid of these contempt of Congress charges against
me.
Because, you know, I didn't testify or turn over any of the documents that the January
6th committee requested because I had executive privilege.
And Peter Navarro says, Donald Trump specifically told me on February 20th, 2022 that I had
executive privilege.
So, you know, go ahead and toss these charges because I couldn't have testified even if
I'd wanted to.
And federal judge Amit me said, no, no, I'm, I'm not going to do that because you've provided
me no evidence that you actually had executive privilege.
Now you have a letter from Donald Trump's lawyer, Evan Corcoran saying that Sure.
Trump, I guess says you have executive privilege.
You, you have a witness you say that thinks Trump may have given you executive privilege,
but uh, that's not really evidence, right?
It's not actual proof that Donald Trump did the thing.
Now I like Meta's ruling, and by the way, Peter Navarro is now set to start his trial
on September 5th, this coming Tuesday.
Uh, here's the thing though, and this is really what judge me should have said.
If Trump told you on February 20th, 2022, a year after he left office, that you had
executive privilege, then you're an idiot.
You see what meta didn't say in the ruling, and this actually kind of drives me crazy,
is the fact that there's only one person at any given time that is allowed to declare
executive privilege.
And that person happens to be the sitting president of the United States on February
20th, 2022.
Donald Trump was not the president of the United States.
So it doesn't matter if he tells you you have executive privilege because he doesn't have
that authority.
So your argument is total bull crap.
Like why, why didn't the judge just say that?
I, look, I agree with the judge's ruling the judge's, right?
You've provided no evidence, but you needed to take it that extra step and be like, listen,
I don't care if Trump told you that there's rainbows on the moon.
That doesn't make it true.
He didn't have the authority to exert executive privilege.
You don't have the authority to try to invoke it, to avoid testifying in front of the January
6th committee.
And of course, now that that committee is no longer in existence, Navarro is not gonna
have to go and testify.
He does not have time to change his mind.
But he is under two charges for contempt of, uh, Congress.
They're both misdemeanors, uh, punishable each by up to one year in prison.
So at the very maximum,
If convicted Navarro could be looking at two years in prison, it's doubtful that he is
going to get that full sentence.
Honestly, it's doubtful he's gonna go to prison at all for contempt of Congress.
But if his best argument for not complying with this is, Hey, Trump said I had executive
privilege, then I think the prosecution is gonna have a pretty easy case when all they
have to do is stand up and say he wasn't president when he told you that.
So it has no legal bearing in this court.
And maybe that's why meta didn't say it.
Maybe Meta's just waiting for the prosecution to make that argument and then send Navarro
down the river.
We'll find out.
'cause again, that trial is starting on Tuesday.