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former trump aide peter navarro indicted today by the justice department on two counts, contempt of congress for the way he's defied repeatedly in public the insurrection probe. big news whether you follow it here on msnbc where mr. navarro has been a guest or anyone, really, in the trump world or around the nation. a trump white house adviser indicted for issues related to the insurrection. how it played out today. >> breaking news moments ago involving former top trump white house official peter navarro. >> peter navarro now criminally indicted. >> doj indicted him on two counts of...

Of any restraint, and the opportunity to continue the insurgency. so this indictment is like a flash point for those who feel that it is like a second wave of the insurgency. or the insurrection, for some of the most extremists, like higgins, and of course bannon. and all of -- those people. >> ruth, it's jonathan capehart, i would love for you, i'm gonna pick up on something that ayman asked, and katie asked. talk more about the role of the january 6th insurrection. i scribbled down my notes, because ayman was getting to it. about donald trump's hold on the republican party. it made me wonder...

Law, that's exactly what you are gonna end up with, political violence? >> absolutely. it's not hyperbole. and in fact, there was a really good reason that trump kicked off his campaign at waco, texas. a pilgrimage site for extremists. there's a reason that he calls the january six thugs who are in prison, political prisoners. there's a reason that representative higgins was actually sent out this coded tweet. which was easily uncoated. that was calling for extremists to come to miami, and make trouble. and so, this is -- the party became really radicalized by january 6th. many people saw this...

Days ago now when trump supporters attempted to prevent joe biden from taking office. in his refusal bannon cited the former president's claim of executive privilege, but of course bannon was a private citizen on 1/6 and during the run-up to that. the investigation shows that bannon had advance knowledge of what happened on january 6 and played a formative role in ensuring those plans. >> when you think about what we're investigating, a violent attack on the seat of our democracy perpetrated by fellow citizens on our constitution, an attempt to stop the certification of an election, it's shock...

Deadly insurrection, he was also apparently ingratiating himself to the president. private counseling him on the, election afterwards the attempted coup. that line of communication between the two men is notable because ban and very publicly fell in favor of the trump years earlier. when he was quoted making disparaging remarks about the president, and his, children and michael wolf's book fire and fury, of course bannon was an interesting situation you might, recall he needed a favor, as you might remember, he was in some legal trouble at the time you know when he was arrested on a chinese bi...