The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro on Wednesday alleging that he had used “at least one non-official” ProtonMail email account while working for the White House and, in violation of the Presidential Records Act (PRA), had failed to turn over the records he’d sent and received on that account at the end of the Trump administration.
“ However, Navarro’s lawyers refused to hand over any of the records unless the government promised their client a “grant of immunity” in exchange for them, the prosecutors alleged.”
Nothing says “not guilty” like asking for immunity😂
Seriously, how many of these guys will be convicted and sent to jail, or at least home detention?
Maybe the better question is, how many will flip for reduced charges.
At least his lawyers admitted 250 relevant emails exist.
As I was told in the early days of email - “don’t put anything in email you don’t want to see in tomorrow morning’s newspaper”. Or in court either it seems.
lleging that he had used “at least one non-official” ProtonMail email account while working for the White House and, in violation of the Presidential Records Act (PRA), had failed to turn over the records he’d sent and received on that account…
It is both appalling and entertaining to see all of these folks from the Trump administration who are far less clever “political operators” than their inflated vanity assured them that they were. It is clear that Trump felt very uncomfortable around competent people, and didn’t use them except in key positions where it was absolutely required.
“My client won’t return the lawnmower he took from your garage unless you let him have sex with your spouse whenever he wants” is a bold legal strategy, Cotton.
Don’t write anything you can phone. Don’t phone anything you can talk. Don’t talk anything you can whisper. Don’t whisper anything you can smile. Don’t smile anything you can nod. Don’t nod anything you can wink.
So cool that there may be consequences afterall. From sitting pretty to deep shit. As I’ve quoted so many times, everything TFG touches, turns to shit.
According to the prosecutors, Navarro’s legal team, after sifting through the emails on the ProtonMail account, told the DOJ on July 25 that the private server had between 200 and 250 records, approximately, that fell under the PRA.
However, Navarro’s lawyers refused to hand over any of the records unless the government promised their client a “grant of immunity” in exchange for them, the prosecutors alleged.
Yeah, that’s not how this works.
You either turn over the relevant emails or they get a court order forcing you do to so. Then you get to decide whether you want to add ‘Contempt of Court’ to your list of crimes.
Navarro seems to think he is above the law. Over the next months he is going to find out that even his PhD isn’t going to protect him from his obligations to the law.
You don’t get to use possession of the government’s property as leverage to get immunity for something else.
