The Department of Justice is suing former White House adviser Peter Navarro for emails from a private account he used while working for former President Trump and for allegedly “wrongfully retaining” those communications, according to court documents.
Why it matters: The lawsuit is an unusual move by the DOJ’s Federal Programs Branch — which typically pursues civil matters — targeting alleged sloppy federal records maintenance from the previous administration, per CNN.
What they’re saying: The suit alleges that Navarro “refused to return any Presidential records that he retained absent a grant of immunity for the act of returning such documents.”