Trump adviser Navarro declines invitation to testify before House panel on vaccine official's whistl
Source: The Washington Post
Robert Costa 2 hrs ago
Trump adviser Navarro declines invitation to testify before House panel on vaccine officials whistleblower complaint
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro who repeatedly warned colleagues about the coronavirus in memos earlier this year is declining to testify before a House panel Thursday about a whistleblowers complaint that mentions him at length.
Navarro, the latest figure to draw the interest of lawmakers probing the Trump administrations handling of the crisis, had been invited to appear before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on health.
The White House is declining the invitation for Peter Navarro to testify based on the longstanding precedent, followed by administrations of both political parties, rooted in clearly established constitutional doctrines, and supported by the Department of Justice, that senior advisors to the President generally do not testify before Congress, White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement Tuesday.
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Navarros refusal to testify comes as the White House, under new chief of staff Mark Meadows, is trying to curb the attempts by House Democrats to secure testimony from prominent officials as they try to conduct oversight of the administration. In a recent memo to congressional committees, the Trump White House said that demands on staff and resources are extraordinary and that officials cannot testify without Meadowss approval.
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elleng
(131,200 posts)from prominent officials as they try to conduct oversight.'
This can't hold, 'oversight' is critical.
cstanleytech
(26,334 posts)deserve carte blanche.
PSPS
(13,620 posts)Historic NY
(37,454 posts)we will find out sooner or later. Someone needs to kick Meadows in the ass.
aggiesal
(8,937 posts)Yet, Hillary was on the stand for 11 hours.
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