Jan 6 committee will consider criminal contempt referral for Scavino and Navarro

The January 6 House select committee will meet to consider criminal contempt referrals for Donald Trump allies Dan Scavino and Pete Navarro.

The committee, which is investigating the attack on the US Capitol by Mr Trump’s supporters to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s election win, announced that it will meet on Monday 28 March.

In a notice, it said that the business meeting would be held “to consider a report recommending that the House of Representatives cite Peter Navarro and Daniel Scavino, Jr for criminal contempt of Congress and refer them to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia for prosecution.”