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Peter Navarro just lost appeal because Trump forgot to do one crucial thing
Navarro’s Privilege Fantasy Collapses Under the Weight of Its Own Power GrabThe Real StoryPeter Navarro did not get punished for misunderstanding the law in some innocent, bureaucratic haze. He got convicted for refusing to answer a congressional subpoena after helping normalize the effort to delay certification of the 2020 election. The appeals court has now affirmed what the record already showed: the executive privilege story was not a shield, it was a cover.Who Had PowerThe key fact is simple: executive privilege belongs to a president, or a designee acting for him. Navarro was neither…
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