By Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney, Nicholas Wu
POLITICO
June 5, 2022
The Justice Department has declined to prosecute two of Donald Trump’s closest White House advisers — former chief of staff Mark Meadows and social media director Dan Scavino — for refusing to cooperate with the Jan. 6 select committee, rejecting the House’s recommendation that the pair be charged with contempt of Congress.
Matthew Graves, the U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C., delivered the news to House Counsel Douglas Letter earlier Friday, according to a person familiar with the correspondence.
The news came despite the Justice Department’s decision earlier in the day to unseal charges against former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro with contempt of Congress for similarly defying the select committee’s demands. DOJ charged Trump ally Steve Bannon with contempt last year for refusing to engage with the select committee.