Former Trump White House Advisor Peter Navarro sentenced to four months in prison
(Peter Navarro, Image credit: Twitter)
On January 25, former White House advisor Peter K. Navarro, 74, was sentenced to four months in prison for refusing to appear before the U.S. Congress to give testimony and produce documents as required by a subpoena he received from the United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Navarro, of Washington D.C., was found guilty by a jury on September 7, 2023, of one contempt count related to his refusal to appear for a deposition and another count related to his refusal to produce documents in response to the Congressional subpoena.
At his sentencing hearing the judge stated:
“I guess what bothers me ultimately is that here we are after a year and a half plus and you still want to suggest to me that this is a political prosecution. You want me to believe this is a political prosecution, when the evidence is completely to the contrary.”
“You are not a victim. You are not the object of a political prosecution,” the judge said. “These are the circumstances of your own making.”
Thursday’s verdict followed a trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. In addition to the prison sentence, the Honorable Amit P. Mehta, who presided over the trial and sentencing, ordered Navarro to pay a fine of $9,500.
The Select Committee issued a subpoena to Navarro on February 9, 2022. The subpoena required him to appear and produce documents to the Select Committee on February 23, 2022, and to appear for a deposition before the Select Committee on March 2, 2022. Navarro refused to either produce documents or appear for his deposition. The Select Committee issued the subpoena to Navarro because, in part based on his own public statements, the Committee understood he had information relevant to its investigation into the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Navarro’s defense is that he ignored the subpoena citing “executive privilege.” He plans on appealing the sentence.
Navarro was indicted on June 2, 2022. He has been a private citizen since departing the White House in 2021. For more on the story, see the video accompanying this article.
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(Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia)
(Peter Navarro cover photo, Image credit: Twitter)
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