President Biden turned down Privilege claim by Dan Scavino. The Disclosure comes as the Jan. 6 Committee prepares to begin Contempt Proceedings, against the longtime Trump Social Media Manager and another aide, Peter Navarro. Dan Scavino helped Draft or Post Trump Tweets in the weeks after the 2020 Election, stoking Misinformation about the Results and driving Attendance at Trump’s Jan. 6 Rally.
The Disclosure came as part of a 34-page Report, released on Sunday evening, by Congressional Investigators, as the Jan. 6 Committee prepared to begin Contempt Proceedings against Scavino and Peter Navarro, another Trump ally, in the former President’s last-ditch effort to Overturn the 2020 Election Results.
“President Biden has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the national interest, and therefore is not justified,” the White House Counsel’s Office informed Scavino on March 15th, according to the newly posted materials.
Biden’s Decision is the latest in a string of Rejections for Trump Advisers seeking to frustrate the Select Committee by citing Executive Privilege.
The White House has issued similar Statements pertaining to former Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, and others who have insisted their Proximity to Trump, in the closing weeks of his Presidency made them Immune from Testimony. Biden has also repeatedly Denied Trump’s own efforts to claim Executive Privilege over his White House files, a Decision repeatedly upheld by Federal Courts.
The Decision to seek Criminal Charges, against Scavino and Navarro, is an indication the Select Committee, no longer believes it can obtain their Testimony or Records through Negotiations. The Panel detailed its lengthy effort to reach Agreement with Scavino in Correspondence, that began in October, 2021, and stretched for months, culminating in Sunday’s Contempt report.
Scavino is a particularly Crucial Witness for the Committee, revealing that Scavino spoke Multiple times by Phone with Trump on Jan. 6th, and has Insight into his Movements that day.
Scavino and Navarro are slated to join Steve Bannon, Meadows, and former Justice Department Official Jeffrey Clark, as the only Witnesses held in Contempt, by the Select Committee so far.
Scavino, Bannon, and Meadows, were included in the Panel’s first wave of Subpoenas in September, 2021. Bannon and Meadows were both subsequently held in Contempt by the House and referred to the Justice Department for Criminal Charges.
The Full House hasn’t acted on the Motion, holding Clark in Contempt, after he indicated he would invoke his Fifth Amendment Right against Self-Incrimination.
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