Contempt of Congress trial for Peter Navarro set to begin
CBSN
Washington — A top trade adviser during the Trump administration is set to stand trial this week for two counts of criminal contempt of Congress after prosecutors alleged he willfully and illegally refused to respond to subpoenas for documents and testimony from the now-defunct House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
Jury selection in Peter Navarro's criminal trial is set to begin Tuesday when a federal judge has said he intends to clear at least 50 potential jurors from a group of Washington, D.C. residents to fill just over a dozen seats on the final jury panel.
Despite years of legal wrangling and briefing schedules between prosecutors and defense attorneys, Navarro's trial is only set to last days as prosecutors successfully argued that he should be barred from employing certain explanations that he said were crucial to his defense.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched six space tourists on a high-speed dash to the edge of space and back Friday, giving the passengers — including a husband and wife making their second flight — about three minutes of weightlessness and an out-of-this world view before the capsule made a parachute descent to touchdown at the company's west Texas flight facility.