Peter Navarro, former commerce adviser to President Trump, has been indicted on two counts of contempt of Congress for his failure to adjust to a subpoena from the Home of Representatives.
The subpoena was issued to the previous San Diego politician by the committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Navarro is well-known in San Diego as a result of he ran unsuccessfully for native and state places of work 5 instances as a Democrat or unbiased whereas residing right here and educating economics at UC Irvine. He was appointed commerce advisor by Trump due to his collection of widespread books accusing China of unfair commerce.
The Justice Division stated a federal grand jury charged Navarro with one rely involving his refusal to seem for a deposition earlier than the Jan. 6 choose committee and one other rely for his refusal to provide paperwork.
The indictment was returned on Thursday and unsealed Friday morning.
Navarro was as a result of make an preliminary look Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court docket for the District of Columbia.
In its subpoena, the Jan. 6 committee stated it had purpose to consider that Navarro had info related to its investigation, the division stated.
Every rely of contempt of Congress carries a minimal of 30 days and a most of 1 12 months in jail, in addition to a fantastic of as much as $100,000.
Reuters contributed to this text.