In a statement emailed Sunday night, Mr. Navarro said, “My position remains that this is not my executive privilege to relinquish and the commission should negotiate this matter with President Trump. If he waives the privilege, I’ll gladly comply.”
But the commission argues that Mr Navarro’s work to undo the elections was not part of his official duties and was not subject to administrative law.
“Federal law did not allow Mr Navarro to use his official office to try to influence the outcome of an election,” the commission’s report said. When Mr. Navarro was engaged in these activities, and other activities described below, he was acting outside the scope of his official duties.”
As for Mr Scavino, the commission said he had worked with Mr Trump to spread false information via social media about voter fraud and that he recruited a mob to Washington on Jan. 6.
The commission said it had “reason to believe” that Mr. Scavino, whose subpoena was served at Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s property in Palm Beach, Florida, appeared with Mr. Trump on Jan. 5 and 6. used to be. 2021 when plans were discussed to “challenge, disrupt or impede official congressional proceedings”. He was also with Mr. Trump as people trapped in the Capitol urged the president to stop the violence.
The commission also said it “has reason to believe that Mr Scavino may have been warned of violence in advance on Jan. 6,” as he was known to monitor pro-Trump websites where plans to commit violence were posted. discussed.
On December 19, 2020, the same day Mr. Trump tweeted, “Major protest in DC on January 6… Be there, will be wild!” users of TheDonald.win, a website for Trump supporters, began sharing “ specific techniques, tactics and procedures for the attack on the Capitol,” the commission said. The following weeks of communications at the site include information about using a flagpole as a weapon, how to smuggle firearms into DC, measurements for a guillotine, and maps of the tunnel systems beneath the Capitol.