Former President Donald Trump slammed the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis for conducting an investigation into the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement shared by his spokesperson Liz Harrington, Trump said: “The Communist Democrats are engaging in yet another Witch Hunt, this time going after my Administration’s unprecedented and incredible coronavirus response, despite the fact that, sadly, more Americans have died this year from COVID than in all of 2020.”
Trump then urged former aide Peter Navarro to “protect executive privilege” amid the House probe into his administration’s response to the health crisis.
“I’m telling Peter Navarro to protect executive privilege and not let these unhinged Democrats discredit our great accomplishments,” Trump added.
Earlier this week, the subcommittee issued a subpoena for Navarro, who previously served as Trump’s deputy assistant and trade advisor.
“Mr. Navarro has refused to voluntarily comply with the Select Subcommittee’s requests — ignoring repeated attempts to gain his voluntarily compliance and otherwise failing to communicate with Select Subcommittee staff,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the chairman of the subcommittee, said in a memo to the other members, according to The Hill.
“Clyburn said that they had tried over a dozen times to contact Navarro through calls, text messages, voice messages and emails, but were not able to reach him,” The Hill reported.
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President Donald J. Trump:
"The Communist Democrats are engaging in yet another Witch Hunt, this time going after my Administration’s unprecedented and incredible coronavirus response, despite the fact that, sadly, more Americans have died this year from Covid than in all pic.twitter.com/BqfC15eNY7
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) November 20, 2021
