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☆ Trump adviser Peter Navarro to be sentenced for defying Jan. 6 committee subpoena
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Peter Navarro, a former advisor to former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse on January 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON — Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro will be sentenced Thursday for criminal contempt of Congress, with federal prosecutors saying he "thumbed his nose" at the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Federal prosecutors are seeking six months in federal prison for Navarro, saying he, "like the rioters at the Capitol, put politics, not country, first, and stonewalled Congress's investigation." Navarro, prosecutors said, "chose allegiance to former President Donald Trump over the rule of law." U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta will sentence Navarro at the hearing, which gets underway at 10 a.m.

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Judge Juan Merchan is being protected with increased security in the wake of Trump's NY indictment. In a Truth Social post Friday morning, Trump took a swipe at Merchan by name. Court officers at 100 Centre Street closed the 15th floor of the courthouse — where Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan has his courtroom — to members of the press and public Friday. "The Judge "assigned" to my Witch Hunt Case, a "Case" that has NEVER BEEN CHARGED BEFORE, HATES ME," Trump wrote. Throughout the day on Friday, members of the NYPD and other law enforcement agencies moved in and around the courthouse.

☆ Steve Bannon's ex-lawyers sue him over nearly $500,000 in unpaid legal bills
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Steve Bannon's ex-lawyers filed a lawsuit saying he hasn't paid nearly $500,000 in legal bills. The firm represented Bannon when he defied his January 6 subpoena. The lawsuit, filed Friday, says the firm billed Bannon $855,487.87 but was paid only $375,000, leaving an outstanding balance of $480,487.87. Trump pardoned Bannon shortly before leaving office, but the Manhattan district attorney's office brought a similar case against him that remains pending. Bannon is having trouble with his lawyers in the Manhattan district attorney's case, too.

☆ Hunter Biden demands criminal probe into Trump allies with access to his laptop and retractions from Fox News: reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hunter Biden's lawyers sent letters singling out Trump allies and Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Among the recipients are the Justice Department and Deleware attorney general, WaPo reported. "This marks a new approach by Hunter Biden and his team," a person familiar with Biden's strategy told The Post. Also targeted by Biden's lawyers is Fox News and its host Tucker Carlson. The Justice Department and Delaware attorney general's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

☆ Steve Bannon has ghosted his 'We Build The Wall' defense lawyers for months in what prosecutors calls a delay tactic
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Steve Bannon was in Manhattan court Thursday for a hearing in his border wall charity scam case. His lawyers told the judge that Bannon has refused to talk to them for months. David Schoen, one of Bannon's current lawyers, asked the judge to let him and another lawyer, John Mitchell, stop representing Bannon immediately. At the court conference, Schoen told Judge Juan Merchan that Bannon was no longer speaking with him or Mitchell. Merchan said the Manhattan District Attorney's office should "set aside" discovery evidence for whichever lawyers Bannon hired.

☆ Jan. 6 Capitol riot committee won't let Trump turn testimony into a 'circus,' Cheney says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Representative Liz Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming, during a hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., US, on Thursday, July 21, 2022. The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol subpoenaed former President Donald Trump Friday, and Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said Trump will not be able to turn his testimony into a "circus." "The committee treats this matter with great seriousness," she told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. The committee voted unanimously on the subpoena and is demanding relevant records and Trump's testimony under oath next month. Cheney said the committee has made it clear what Trump's obligations are, and that it plans to proceed accordingly.

☆ Donald Trump subpoena by Jan. 6 committee doesn't mean he'll testify
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Richard A. Serafini | Is A Criminal Defense Attorney | Former Senior Trial Attorney For The Justice Department S Criminal Division. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Near the conclusion of Thursday’s U.S. House hearing into the events of Jan. 6, 2021, the committee voted unanimously to subpoena former President Donald Trump. In a letter Friday morning to the committee, Trump didn’t say whether he planned to comply in this case. The Jan. 6 committee is a select committee, not a standing committee or subcommittee of the House. When it comes to the Jan. 6 committee specifically, Trump has pushed former aides from his inner circle to take his approach. Even when the Justice Department does act, that doesn’t always guarantee the result.

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