The referral will now move to the Department of Justice for potential prosecution.
Last September, the Select Committee tasked with investigating the deadly attack on the Capitol first subpoenaed Scavino, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for communications. That panel noted Scavino was with Trump on January 5, 2021, as the then-President sought to pressure lawmakers into voting against the certification of the 2020 election results.
The panel also noted Scavino’s role in promoting the “Save America” rally on social media and revealing he may have recordings of the footage that could be helpful to their probe.
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Navarro, who was Trump’s trade adviser, was subpoenaed in February after his book, In Trump Time, included passages where “he described this plan as the ‘Green Bay Sweep’ and stated that it was designed as the ‘‘last, best chance to snatch a stolen election from the Democrats’ jaws of deceit,” according to the committee’s report. The former aides could face up to a year behind bars and $100,000 in fines for each count.
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Both former staffers have contended that they should be exempt from being forced to cooperate due to executive privilege. The pair could face up to a year of jail time and $100,000 in fines for each count. Members of the Select Committee have denounced their decision to evade their subpoenas, arguing they could hold pivotal information on the events surrounding the lead-up to the breach at the Capitol.
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“If 90 percent of success in life is just showing up, then 90 percent of acting in contempt of Congress is not showing up by failing to respond to multiple subpoenas you have been lawfully served,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat. “The rest of contempt is not turning over documents you have been ordered to produce and acting with open disregard and scorn for the rule of law, Congress, and representatives of the American people. Republicans have largely blasted the January 6 panel’s efforts as a “partisan witch hunt” against the former President and his allies. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pledged to shut down the select panel if Republicans take back the majority next year.
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“Democrats are threatening to throw in jail a good man who has done nothing but attempt to follow the law,” during a debate on the floor ahead of the vote, said the California Republican. “The January 6 Committee is a political show trial that tramples on civil rights and congressional norms. When Republicans win back the House, this theater will STOP,” he tweeted.
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