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WASHINGTON — Former Trump White Home official Peter Navarro pleaded not responsible Friday to contempt of Congress fees after refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
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Navarro, 72, appeared in federal courtroom in Washington to be arraigned on the two-count indictment.
He was charged with one contempt rely for failing to seem for a deposition earlier than the Home committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault and a second cost for failing to provide paperwork the committee requested.
U.S. District Decide Amit Mehta scheduled a trial for November. Navarro’s legal professionals requested for the trial to be held subsequent yr, saying the case introduced constitutional and authorized questions that have to be litigated.
Navarro has argued that the choose committee investigating the assault is illegal and due to this fact a subpoena it issued to him in February is unenforceable underneath regulation.
