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The Indictment of Navarro Is Unconstitutional

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The Indictment of Navarro Is Unconstitutional
Navarro speaks to the media after his hearing in federal court in Washington on June 3, 2022. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Alan M. Dershowitz
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The indictment of Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress violates several provisions of the Constitution and should be dismissed. Navarro has a strong claim of executive privilege that should be decided by the courts before any indictment can lawfully be issued.

Alan M. Dershowitz
Alan M. Dershowitz
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Alan M. Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard Law School, and the author most recently of “The Case for Color-Blind Equality in an Age of Identity Politics.” He is the Jack Roth Charitable Foundation Fellow at Gatestone Institute, and is also the host of "The Dershow," on Rumble.
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