Trump Says Former Trade Aide Navarro Must Defy House Covid Probe
- Subpoenaed Navarro urged to ‘protect executive privilege’
- Panel suggests Trump team prioritized politics over pandemic
Peter Navarro
Photographer: Chris Kleponis/Polaris/Bloomberg
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Former President Donald Trump told his former White House trade adviser to defy a House committee that subpoenaed him in a probe into the Trump administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“I’m telling Peter Navarro to protect executive privilege and not let these unhinged Democrats discredit our great accomplishments,” Trump said in a statement on Saturday.