{"id":2241052,"date":"2024-05-09T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-demand-testimony-from-official-who-blocked-congress-from-speaking-with-navarro-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T15:21:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T19:21:50","slug":"house-republicans-demand-testimony-from-official-who-blocked-congress-from-speaking-with-navarro-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-demand-testimony-from-official-who-blocked-congress-from-speaking-with-navarro-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans are calling for testimony from the official who prevented Congress from speaking with Navarro in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-republicans-demand-testimony-from-official-who-blocked-congress-from-speaking-with-navarro-in-prison%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2241052&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Republicans are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-juggernaut-save-america-pac-draws-doj-inquiry-report-2\/\" title=\"Trump's juggernaut Save America PAC draws DOJ inquiry: Report\">demanding testimony<\/a> from Federal Bureau of\u2062 Prisons Director Colette \u200bPeters for blocking Congress from speaking with former\u2064 Trump official Peter Navarro. The House Judiciary Committee member, Matt Gaetz (R-FL), was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-nfl-player-calls-for-separate-transgender-category-of-sports-after-biden-executive-order\/\" title=\"Retired NFL Player Calls For Separate Transgender Category Of Sports After Biden Executive Order\">denied access<\/a> to Navarro, prompting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">committee<\/a> to request Peters to testify in Congress, raising concerns about \u200cthe politicization of \u200dthe Bureau of Prisons. Your revised summary is \u2062concise and captures the key information about the House \u2064Republicans demanding testimony \u2063from Colette Peters for blocking Congress from\u200b speaking with Peter Navarro. It also addresses Matt Gaetz being denied access to Navarro and \u200cthe concerns raised regarding the politicization of the Bureau of Prisons.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"House Republicans\">House Republicans<\/a> are demanding testimony from Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters after she blocked Congress from speaking with former Trump official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/peter-navarro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Peter Navarro\">Peter Navarro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, House Judiciary Committee member Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was denied a request to speak with Navarro by Peters on the grounds that he was \u201ctoo notorious\u201d to meet with a member of Congress. That, in addition to the failure to comply with requests for information in another case, prompted the committee to <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/2024-05-09%20JDJ%20AB%20MG%20to%20Peters%20-%20BOP%20re%20hearing%20invite.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"demand\">demand<\/a> Peters testify in Congress.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro speaks to reporters before he heads to prison, Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Miami, to begin serving his sentence for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photos\/Adriana Gomez Licon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYour refusal to allow a Member of Congress to meet with Dr. Navarro \u2014 in addition to BOP\u2019s efforts to prevent Mr. Galanis from speaking to Congress \u2014 raise serious questions about the politicization of BOP,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/2024-05-09%20JDJ%20AB%20MG%20to%20Peters%20-%20BOP%20re%20hearing%20invite.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"letter\">letter<\/a> from the group said.<\/p>\n<p>The latter part refers to Jason Galanis, a former associate of President Joe Biden who claims he is being mistreated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-doj-ends-trump-sanctuary-cities-policy\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s DOJ Ends Trump Sanctuary Cities Policy\">prison due<\/a> to his speaking out against the president.<\/p>\n<p>Peters is being asked to testify in front of Congress on June 13.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz previously revealed Peters\u2019s prevention of interviewing Navarro on the House floor earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been trying for five weeks to be able to interview Mr. Navarro,\u201d Gaetz said. \u201cAnd there are provisions that ought to allow this and I was informed directly by Director Peters, who runs the bureau, that that request would be denied. And the reason it\u2019s being denied is because Peter Navarro is \u2018too notorious\u2019 to be interviewed by a member of Congress.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Gotti was interviewed when he was in prison! The Qanon shaman was interviewed in prison! Director Peters herself brought NBC News through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-crisis-demands-a-constitutional-analysis-of-voting-machines\/\" title=\"This Crisis Demands a Constitutional Analysis of Voting Machines\">prisons<\/a> to showcase the work of corrections that\u2019s being done,\u201d he added. \u201cSo I think there is something else afoot here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>BREAKING: I was informed today by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons that my request to interview <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealPNavarro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealPNavarro<\/a> would be denied. And her reason is that Peter Navarro is \u201ctoo notorious\u201d to be interviewed by a member of Congress!<\/p>\n<p>John Gotti was interviewed in prison.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lCVDwEfNa6\">pic.twitter.com\/lCVDwEfNa6<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1787632541828092199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans seek testimony from Colette Peters, Federal Bureau of Prisons Director, for obstructing Congress from questioning Peter Navarro. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a House Judiciary Committee member, was denied access to Navarro by Peters, citing his notoriety as a reason<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2241053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24079597839034-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2241052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24079597839034-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2241053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}