Leaders of the House of Representatives’ panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol on June 3 decried the Department of Justice’s reported decision not to indict Mark Meadows and Dan Scavino, two former aides of ex-President Donald Trump.
At the same time, the panel praised the department’s indictment of Peter Navarro, another former aide.
“While today’s indictment of Peter Navarro was the correct decision by the Justice Department, we find the decision to reward Mark Meadows and Dan Scavino for their continued attack on the rule of law puzzling,” Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the panel, and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), chairwoman of the panel, said in a joint statement….