A former adviser to ex-President Donald Trump said May 31 that he was subpoenaed in the Department of Justice’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, U. …
A former adviser to ex-President Donald Trump said May 31 that he was subpoenaed in the Department of Justice’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach. Peter Navarro, who was director of trade and manufacturing police during the Trump administration, made the disclosure in a lawsuit against members of the House of Representatives. Navarro said FBI agents served him with the document, signed by U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves, in the early morning of May 26. The Department of Justice (DOJ) did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The subpoena would be the first one known to be issued to an official from the Trump administration in the investigation of the breach, which has consumed agency officials across the country and led to over 800 arrests. Navarro said the subpoena ordered him to testify before a grand jury in federal court in Washington on June 2 and to hand over documents sought by the House’s select committee probing the breach, which Navarro argues is unconstitutional.
