Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro had been avoiding the subpoena
that he was facing to speak to the January 6th commission.
He apparently thought he didn't need to comply with it because this is DC he's
powerful.
Well connected, there are never any consequences.
And that is generally true in this case though he got arrested actually.
And here he is speaking out about what happened to him.
>> Instead of coming to my door where I live which by the way is right next
to the FBI instead of calling me and say hey we need you down at court,
we've got a warrant for you.
I would have gladly come.
What did they do?
They intercepted me getting on the plane and then they put me in handcuffs,
they bring me here, they put me in leg irons, they stick me in a cell by the way.
Just historical month.
I was in John Hinckley cell.
They seemed to think that that was like an important historical note.
Okay that's punitive, what they did to me today violated the constitution.
>> Yeah it was really weird of the FBI to bring that up and
then a little bit weird for him to bring why did he bring it up in that?
Anyway so that was Peter Navarro and
he was hauled away because as he points out the FBI was really rude.
He would have gladly complied with the subpoena if wait he actually just wasn't
complying with it.
He knew that he had to go in.
He refused to so they went and
got him that's how this is supposed to work and generally doesn't in DC.
But this is how it's supposed to work.
He knew he was supposed to go in.
He chatted with Ari Melber this week about the fact that he was defying the subpoena.
So you can't be that shocked that they finally went and got you.
>> No that was an amazing piece of video.
I loved that.
I thought it was just hilarious.
Let me translate.
>> Also jacket looks like he's taking whatever Don Jr. has been taken recently.
>> [LAUGH] >> Energetic.
>> Yeah energetic.
>> That's a good word.
>> They're all taking some sort of crazy juice, right.
So the translation of that video is I'm one of the elites I'm above the law.
How dare they enforce the law against me?
Well it turns out Peter you ain't above the law.
And by the way don't get me wrong I'm as shocked as you are.
>> [LAUGH] >> Okay,
I thought DOJ would never do this.
And so I mean this remember this is not on the substance.
It's just on the contempt because he refuses to testify in front of the Senate.
I'm sorry in front of the house and that's that's against the law.
You can't ignore a subpoena, you couldn't do it.
And it turns out hey Peter Navarro can't do it.
And so now I think the more important charges
are about him participating in basically an insurrection.
And a coup through what he wrote a book about the green bay sweep and
I mean, Ari Melber made a good point.
He's like, you know that you say you don't want to speak to the to congress.
You know that they I can hear you on TV right.
And he didn't say this.
But the souls you Peter,
you wrote a whole book about how you plan to steal the election.
So it's you're like, I have a moral problem with speaking out on this.
Have a principled issue here.
No his principle that he's livid about is I thought I was an elite.
How dare you enforce the law against one of the elites in Washington.
>> Yeah, I don't think he wants to have to testify in an area where the lies he's
inclined to tell could then have consequences.
He wants to have control over it.
He wants to be able to grift off of it, sell his book, but
he doesn't want to have to be sworn in or anything like that.
Right. >> Well, and
that goes to a bigger subject here, which is the Republican Party and
their disregard for the law and what they're doing to it over and over.
And how they've been doing it in disregarding congressional subpoenas.
And calls to to to cooperate with Congress calls to provide information to Congress,
calls to provide tax return information as a candidate,
all things that are legally required.
Well, again, that's what I'm saying, this is the nothing else matters part and
they weave this in is if that is some kind of a joke, some arcane old America,
they want to make America great.
Again, that's what we had when America was great before he took office.
So honestly, this is the scariest part of all of it.
And he is part of the that web that they're weaving.
Peter Navarro has been there for a lot of it and
he was there spewing the lies and the misinformation from that White House.
And we're seeing it happen now where he is indignant about being arrested for
breaking the law.
>> Yeah, and look more good news regarding Navarro.
So on the actual substantive charges of him basically planning an insurrection.
The grand jury is sitting on that issue now.
It's been impaneled and they might arrest him on the substance.
So that hasn't happened yet.
And it's not clear if he's a target or a witness.
But if he's not the target, then Trump might be the target.
And so I'm shocked to see the DOJ acting absolutely floored by it.
I thought there was almost no chance that Merrick Garland would take any action on
contempt.
I thought there was a good chance they would do something and
that's what this is.
But the fact that they've impaneled a grand jury to look into the substance of
the January 6th when it comes to not to the what they would consider the riffraff
the masses.
Yes, of course I'll beat the living crap out of them, right.
The ones that actually broke in.
But the elites Navarro Trump etc.
Wow, okay so if that grand jury comes in that could make a giant difference.
>> It could also get ramped up after the open hearings of the January 6th
Commission.
If Garland has said we're letting Congress do their work a lot and
if congress does their work and what garland seizes, we have to do our work.
Then I would imagine, I mean again, I'm with you on garland generally, but
I would imagine that's what he's waiting for to a degree.
>> Yeah, I hope he doesn't wait too long because there.
>> I was gonna say he can't wait very long.
Which is why it's good that it's next week.
Exactly, open hearings at.
>> One last piece of good news.
I know that look arresting Trump on this through the grand jury etc.
Seems like a really long shot and there's no reason why he should be.
He definitely did it.
They have overwhelming evidence but
Democrats are usually very scared to act right.
But if they do arrest him,
he almost I looked at the legal definition of insurrection.
He certainly did it.
And if you get convicted of insurrection, that is the one of the punishments for
that is that you are not allowed to run for office again.
So for God's sake, take action.