WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to hold two former top Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas from the committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The 220-203 vote sends the contempt resolution against ex-White House deputy chief of staff for communications Dan Scavino and former trade adviser Peter Navarro to Speaker Nancy Pelosi for referral to the Justice Department for possible prosecution The committee’s two GOP members, Vice Chair Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, voted with all Democrats in favor of the action.
Scavino and Navarro are the third and fourth ex-advisers to former President Donald Trump to be held in contempt by Congress, amid ongoing legal battles over the authority of former presidents and their former aides to assert executive privilege as a shield from testifying to Congress.
