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Justice Department Drops Suit Over Peter Navarro’s Retained Trump Records

The lawsuit accused the former trade adviser of using a private ProtonMail account for government emails in violation of the Presidential Records Act.

Overview

  • A court filing on June 3 stipulated dismissal of the 2022 lawsuit with prejudice, preventing any further civil action over Navarro’s handling of White House records.
  • The suit centered on emails Navarro sent and received via an encrypted ProtonMail account that he did not turn over to the National Archives.
  • U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly and a D.C. Circuit panel previously ruled against Navarro, and the Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal.
  • Navarro has already served a four-month prison sentence after his 2023 conviction for contempt of Congress in the Jan. 6 committee investigation.
  • He is slated to join the incoming Trump administration as senior counselor for trade and manufacturing.