Former White Home adviser Peter Navarro defied a 1/6 Committee subpoena to Trump and now has to serve 4 months in jail for contempt of Congress.
NBC Information reported:
Former Trump White Home adviser Peter Navarro was sentenced Thursday to 4 months in jail for felony contempt of Congress, with federal prosecutors saying he “turned his nostril” on the Home committee investigating the January 6 assault on the US Capitol.
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The cost carried a compulsory minimal sentence of 1 month in jail. Federal prosecutors had sought six months for Navarro, saying he “just like the rioters on the Capitol, put politics, not the nation, first and stonewalled Congress’ investigation.” Navarro, prosecutors stated, “selected allegiance to former President Donald Trump over the rule of regulation.”
Navarro’s greatest hope is to delay his return to jail with an attraction and hope that Trump returns to the White Home in 2025 and pardons him.
Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon each tried to place into apply Trump’s perception {that a} president is above the regulation and may use govt privilege to maintain somebody from testifying, they usually have been each convicted of contempt of court docket Congress. The distinction between Navarro and when Home Republicans threatened Hunter Biden with contempt is that Navarro made no effort to adjust to the subpoena, whereas Hunter Biden did. Home Republicans knew their contempt risk was a lifeless finish, so that they agreed to a February date for Biden’s testimony.
Navarro has confirmed that hanging out with Donald Trump will get you locked up.
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