The United States Justice refuses to charge former Trump advisers Mark Meadows and Dan Scavino with contempt

MADRID, 4 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The US Justice Department has refused to prosecute two of Donald Trump's closest former advisers, former chief of staff Mark Meadows and social media director Dan Scavino, for refusing to cooperate with the committee on the Capitol storming. on January 6, 2021, as reported by 'The New York Times'.

In this way, the US Justice has rejected the recommendation of the House of Representatives to charge both former advisers with contempt of Congress, an action that Attorney General Matt Gaves has notified the House Attorney General, Doug Letter.

This news comes a few hours after it was announced that the US Justice has charged Peter Navarro, another former adviser to former President Donald Trump, with contempt, who also failed to comply with the summonses of the commission investigating the assault on the Capitol.

Although the news has come to light this Friday, Justice accused Navarro on Thursday of two misdemeanor charges after failing to comply with the summons in which a series of documents and testimonies were required by the investigative committee.

The Justice Department has refused to take similar action against Meadows and Scavino, although it has not explained why "Based on the individual facts and circumstances of their alleged contempt, my office will not pursue criminal contempt proceedings as requested in the referral against Meadows and Scavino," says a statement to which the aforementioned newspaper has had access.

However, unlike other defendants by the US Justice, Meadows cooperated by presenting documents, such as the 2,300 messages he would have received during the first moments of the assault on January 6, 2021, as reported by the NBC network.

Another factor could have been a Justice Department view that it would be unconstitutional to prosecute a former executive officer who cooperated in good faith.