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      Ex-Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Guilty of Contempt of Congress for Defying Jan. 6 Panel

      "In an administration defined by lawlessness, Peter Navarro was one of the most lawless," said one ethics expert. "It is positive that he was convicted."

      Jessica Corbett
      Sep 07, 2023

      A federal jury on Thursday found Peter Navarro, who served as a trade adviser to former U.S. President Donald Trump, guilty of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the congressional panel that probed the January 6, 2021 insurrection.

      Despite a February 2022 subpoena from the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, Navarro declined to turn over documents or show up for a deposition, resulting in the two contempt convictions.

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      Final House Covid Panel Report Exposes 'Reckless' Trump Pandemic Response

      The publication accuses top Trump officials of "failed stewardship" and a "persistent pattern of political interference" that undermined the nation's response to a pandemic that has killed more than a million people in the United States.

      Brett Wilkins
      Dec 09, 2022

      A congressional panel on Friday published its final report on the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the Trump administration's "failed stewardship" and detailing how a "persistent pattern of political interference undermined the nation's ability to respond" to a crisis that has claimed more than a million lives in the United States.

      The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis report notes that "the United States was underprepared for a major public health crisis for years before the coronavirus pandemic," and that "chronic underfunding and long-standing health disparities put many Americans at heightened risk of becoming infected and developing severe illness as a result of the coronavirus."

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      'Completely Out of Control': China Says 'US Epidemic' Threat to Rest of the World

      'Completely Out of Control': China Says 'US Epidemic' Threat to Rest of the World

      'In the coming fall and winter, the US epidemic will likely run rampant, and more countries and regions will be forced to suffer because of the US.'

      Common Dreams Staff
      Jul 05, 2020

      A Chinese state-controlled newspaper has blamed the Trump administration's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic to cause the spread of the virus to go "completely out of control."

      Describing the disease as a "U.S. epidemic", the paper warned that the administration's failure poses a threat to the rest of the world. "Lies are dominating US society's recognition of the epidemic," the Global Times wrote.

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