House GOP presses Bureau of Prisons on claims it blocked contact with Peter Navarro

A trio of House Republicans on Thursday wrote to Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters demanding that she account for allegations that the agency was treating inmates differently for political reasons and that it had denied Congress the chance to meet with certain inmates.

"[O]n May 6, 2024, a member of the Committee informed the House of Representatives that you denied his request to meet with Peter Navarro, who is currently in federal custody," wrote House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Arizona GOP Rep. Andy Biggs, and Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz.

"You allegedly denied this request because Dr. Navarro was 'too notorious' to meet with a Member of Congress, and Dr. Navarro has also allegedly been notified that he is not permitted to meet with his attorney," they continued. "Your refusal to allow a Member of Congress to meet with Dr. Navarro... raise[s] serious questions about the politicization of BOP."

Navarro is currently in federal custody in connection with a contempt of Congress conviction for ignoring a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 Committee.

The trio also pointed to claims from Jason Galanis that he had been the "“victim of a pattern of retribution by the Department of Justice in order to prevent my home confinement, which would have allowed full and free access to congressional investigators."

They further noted their prior issuance of a subpoena related that matter and reminded Peters of the May 17 deadline.

Jordan, Biggs, and Gaetz then asked that Peters to testify at a June 13 hearing.

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