Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro indicted for not helping Capitol riot inquiry

Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro has been indicted on charges that he refused to co-operate with a congressional investigation into the January 6 attack on the US Capitol (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro has been indicted on charges he refused to co-operate with a congressional investigation into the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

But the Justice Department spared two other advisers, including the ex-president’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, from criminal prosecution.