Contempt trial of former Trump aide Peter Navarro begins in Washington – live updates

Jury selection begins in case of former trade adviser who defied subpoenas from House January 6 committee

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Good morning, US politics blog readers. The January 6 committee dissolved at the end of last year, but that doesn’t mean the legal troubles of those who defied its subpoenas went away. Jury selection begins today in the contempt trial of Peter Navarro, a former adviser to Donald Trump who balked at an official summons from the lawmakers. The last person to face such charges was swiftly convicted. Not far from the Washington courthouse where Navarro is standing trial, the House GOP’s oversight committee chair James Comer will at 10 am eastern time speak about the party’s plans to investigate the Biden administration – an effort that could borrow tactics from the January 6 committee’s public inquiry into the attack on the Capitol and the plot to overturn the 2020 election.

Heres what else is going on today:

Joe Biden is heading to Baltimore to discuss how the infrastructure package he signed in 2021 will help pay for the replacement of an aging rail tunnel, one of several events promoting the law the president has planned this week.

Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell and the Congressional Integrity Project – a group formed to hit back at the Republican investigation campaign – hold a press conference at 12 pm eastern time.

Vice president Kamala Harris will be in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she’ll talk about the Biden administration’s efforts to help small business owners.