Peter Navarro, former commerce adviser to Donald Trump, accused Mike Pence of treason for refusing to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election ― an influence the vice chairman doesn’t have.
He additionally appears to suppose Trump’s vice chairman ought to have been extra loyal to the president than to the nation.
Speaking on the right-wing Newsmax community on Monday, Navarro ― who was indicted final month for refusing to adjust to a subpoena from the House choose committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot ― mentioned:
“The reason why I think Pence is guilty of treason, to at least President Trump and perhaps to this country, is that he acted on the basis of a flawed legal opinion concocted by his own general counsel that he did not share with either the president or with the president’s White House legal counsel. Due process plus duty to the commander in chief required you to do that.”
Treason is the only crime particularly outlined within the U.S. Constitution. It’s an act of war by an American against the United States or giving aid and comfort to the nation’s enemies.
It isn’t private disloyalty to a president who’s making an attempt to subvert the Constitution and stay in workplace regardless of dropping the election.
But Navarro has his personal definition ― after which went even additional in his assault on Pence, calling him a traitor.
“So by the time Jan. 6 rolled around, Pence’s actions were kind of baked into the cake based on both traitorous activity with respect to the president and flawed legal opinions,” he mentioned:
Navarro earlier this 12 months additionally referred to as Pence a “traitor” and in contrast him to a personality in “Julius Caesar.”
“It was a tragedy that Mike Pence decided to be a traitor to the American Caesar of Trump,” he mentioned in March on Newsmax, according to Salon. “I liken it in [my book] to a Shakespearean moment, the ‘Et tu, Brute?’ moment.”
Now Navarro’s taking a step additional and accusing Pence of treason ― to Trump and “perhaps” the nation ― left his critics aghast on Twitter:
