The House on Wednesday voted 220-203 to hold former Trump White House advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in contempt of Congress for not complying with subpoenas issued by the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
Navarro and Scavino refused to provide documents and testimony to the committee. Navarro, who served as a trade adviser for former President Donald Trump, circulated a plan to delay certification of Electoral College votes and kick them back to state legislatures. Scavino, who handled social media and communications for Trump, spread false information on alleged election fraud and attended several meetings with Trump to discuss challenging the 2020 election results, according to the panel’s contempt report.
It will be up to Justice Department officials to decide whether to pursue charges against the two.
