The federal decide who will preside over the contempt case for Peter Navarro, an ex-aide of former President Donald Trump, can be overseeing a civil lawsuit towards Trump that takes goal at his alleged function within the riot on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Choose Amit Mehta, whose involvement within the Navarro case was shared by a Each day Beast reporter, serves on the U.S. District Courtroom for the District of Columbia. He's additionally presiding over one other case associated to the January 6 assault that sees members of the Oath Keepers group charged with seditious conspiracy.

The U.S. Legal professional's Workplace for the District of Columbia introduced Friday that a federal grand jury had indicted Navarro on two counts of contempt of Congress over alleged failure to adjust to the Home committee investigating the Capitol breach. It's the latest growth in a months-long battle between Navarro and the choose committee investigating the riot because it seeks to study extra about how and why the assault unfolded.

Judge in Navarro Indictment
Choose Amit Mehta serves on the U.S. District Courtroom for the District of Columbia. Above, Mehta (L), William Taylor (C) and Hugh Campbell (R) current a case at New York State Supreme Courtroom within the Bronx on March 28, 2012.Don Emmert/AFP by way of Getty Photographs

The Home of Representatives voted to carry Navarro and one other former Trump aide, Daniel Scavino, in contempt of Congress again in April and referred their circumstances to the Division of Justice (DOJ) for prosecution. Navarro additionally has filed his personal lawsuit towards the Home committee and DOJ in a problem towards the subpoena. He will likely be representing himself within the case.

Mehta was appointed to the U.S. District Courtroom for the District of Columbia in December 2014 by former President Barack Obama. He was born in Patan, India, however attended Georgetown College and the College of Virginia Faculty of Legislation within the U.S.

When Trump tried to have the civil lawsuit towards him dismissed earlier this 12 months, Mehta dominated that the case may transfer ahead, saying in his ruling it was "believable" that the previous president may have incited the riots. It was additionally Mehta who dominated again in 2019 that Trump's accounting agency needed to flip over data requested by the Home Oversight Committee, CNNreported.

Navarro Judge Also Involved in Trump Suit
The federal decide who will preside over the contempt case for Peter Navarro, an ex-aide of former President Donald Trump, can be overseeing a civil lawsuit towards Trump that takes goal at his alleged function within the U.S. Capitol riot. Above, Navarro (R) speaks as Trump and former Secretary of Training Betsy DeVos watch throughout a briefing on COVID-19 on the White Home on March 27, 2020.Drew Angerer/Getty Photographs

Navarro was scheduled to make his first look within the federal grand jury's contempt case Friday within the U.S. District Courtroom for the District of Columbia.

A DOJ launch alleged that he had refused to adjust to the January 6 committee's subpoena, issued on February 9, for a deposition look and paperwork. The committee mentioned within the subpoena that it believed Navarro had info related to its investigation.

If convicted, Navarro may see as much as a 12 months in jail and a positive of as much as $100,000 for every depend of contempt, the DOJ mentioned.

Newsweek reached out to Navarro for remark.

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