Pity The Recently Orphaned Man

DOJ is asking Judge Mehta to quickly enter a protective order to guard against disclosure of evidence in Peter NAVARRO’s case. They say his “extrajudicial” statements to press and on Tucker Carlson’s show reveal his intent to litigate his case through the media. pic.twitter.com/DzCX6NBcCm

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 8, 2022

Now why would DOJ do that?

Oh:

Peter Navarro is now, apparently, hiring lawyers. He's shilling his book to pay for a defense team: "I need everybody to buy that because that's going to be my legal defense fund...I gotta hire lawyers" pic.twitter.com/jsB6ggifeV

— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) June 7, 2022

And a reminder:

“Pro se” is Latin for “absolute fucking circus”

— OnlineDefamationExpertHat (@Popehat) June 3, 2022

Viz:

In the letter to the judge, he complained that the prosecution is moving forward too fast, despite his not having a lawyer. The problem, however, is that Navarro made it clear multiple times to the judge he wasn't going to get a lawyer. Yet, when speaking to Newsmax on Tuesday, Navarro said he needs to hire a lawyer and begged for his fans to buy his book to help him fund the defense.

"At this point, I will remain without legal representation," Navarro said in the Wednesday letter to the judge. "And the prosecution has already begun to file motions despite my request for delay. In this vacuum, the prosecution is placing me at a severe disadvantage. "I note in this regard that the prosecution is also pushing very hard for a 'speedy trial' as part of its strategy to exploit the unrepresented — this issue came up with the magistrate."

The right to a speedy trial is the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution.

"I remind the court here that upon my arrest, the FBI agent in charge refused to allow me to contact an attorney for legal advice prior to appearing before the magistrate despite repeated requests and then tried to cover his tracks by providing a public defender a mere three minutes before the hearing was scheduled to begin," wrote Navarro. "This put me at a very severe disadvantage at the outset. In this particular regard, I ask that the court investigate this particularly egregious breach of due process, confirm my allegations, provide me with the FBI's rationale for taking such an egregious step, and take actions in this matter as appropriate."

In other words, Navarro has shot his parents and now, in the murder trial, pleads clemency from the court because he's an orphan.