New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, the No. 3 House Republican, on Tuesday alleged that President Biden improperly leaned on the Justice Department to bring charges for contempt of Congress against Peter Navarro, who was President Donald Trump’s White House trade adviser.Navarro, 72, was arrested last week after he refused to cooperate with the House select committee that’s investigating last year’s Capitol riot. Such charges are rare and follow Biden’s remark last year that witnesses who flout the House panel should be prosecuted.Stefanik was asked about the case on a press call focused mostly on slamming the Democrat-led committee, which will hold a primetime hearing Thursday in an attempt to revive public interest in the mob violence committed by Trump supporters, who disrupted certification of Biden’s victory in the Electoral College.
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