In this way, the court dismissed the recommendation of the House of Representatives to charge the former officials for not attending the summonses of the commission that investigate the assault on the Capitol
Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows
The US Department of Justice has refused to prosecute two of Donald Trump’s former closest advisers, former chief of staff Mark Meadows and social media director Dan Scavino, for refusing to cooperate with the committee on the January 6, 2021, assault on Capitol Hill, as reported by ‘The New York Times‘.
In this way, the US Justice rejected the recommendation of the House of Representatives to indict both former advisers for contempt of Congress, acting that Attorney General Matt Gaves notified the House Attorney General, Doug Letter.
This news comes a few hours after it became known that the US Justice accused contempt of Peter Navarro, another former adviser to former President Donald Trump, which also did not comply with the summonses of the commission that investigates the assault on the Capitol.
Although the news came to light this Friday, the Justice accused Navarro on Thursday of two misdemeanor charges after failing to comply with the summons in which a series of documents and testimonies were required by the investigating committee.
Former director of social networks Dan Scavino
The Department of Justice has refused to take similar action against Meadows and Scavino, although he has not explained the reason “Based on the individual facts and circumstances of his alleged contempt, my office will not initiate criminal contempt proceedings as requested in the referral against Meadows and Scavino,” says a statement to which he has had access the Times.
However, unlike other defendants by the US Justice, Meadows cooperated by presenting documents, such as the 2,300 messages he would have received during the first moments of the assault on January 6, 2021, as reported by the NBC network.
Another factor could have been a Justice Department view that it would be unconstitutional to prosecute a former executive officer who cooperated in good faith.
During last April, The US Department of Justice has rejected a request from the House oversight committee to provide additional details about the 15 boxes of records that former President Donald Trump took to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach. , in the state of Florida.
Acting Deputy Attorney General Peter Hyun wrote in a letter to the chair of the oversight committee that The Department of Justice has asked the National Archives to refrain from disclosing information about these boxes with the aim of “protecting the integrity of the work in progress”, as reported by the US chain CNN.
(With information from Europa Press)