A federal judge in the District of Columbia has ordered former President Donald Trump’s former trade and political adviser Peter Navarro to turn over hundreds of emails from a private email account that related to his official work.
In August 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil claim (pdf) against Navarro, alleging copies of emails he held on a private email account should have been turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at the conclusion of Trump’s time in office. The government specifically argued Navarro’s work-related communications fell under the Presidential Records Act (PRA), whether or not they were stored on a private or official email account.
