Navarro accuses DOJ of cop-out in decision to drop his case without explanation

Trade adviser Peter Navarro filed a lawsuit Sunday evening demanding that the Justice Department explain in detail why it recently reversed course on backing his criminal conviction.

Navarro, an economic policy adviser to President Donald Trump in his first and second terms, was found guilty in 2023 of contempt of Congress after prosecutors from the Biden-era Justice Department argued he broke the law by refusing to provide testimony and documents on Jan. 6, 2021, to a House committee.