Former President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro was sentenced on Thursday to four months in prison for contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
In February 2022, the Democrat-led House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6 issued two subpoenas to Navarro, one requiring him to produce documents, and the other requiring that he give testimony to the committee.
After Navarro refused to comply with either subpoena, he was referred to the Justice Department and charged on two counts of contempt of Congress.
The former Trump aide was convicted on both counts by a federal grand jury in September 2023.
Federal prosecutors had asked U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta to give Navarro a six-month sentence, saying that he “brazenly defied Congress.”
Navarro said Thursday that there was “no reason for the harsh punishment” prosecutors were seeking, and asked that his sentence be put on hold while he pursues an appeal.
Judge Mehta did not immediately decide whether Navarro’s sentence will be deferred while he pursues an appeal.
Navarro, 74, is the second Trump adviser to be convicted and sentenced for contempt of Congress related to the Jan. 6 House Committee’s investigation.
Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist under President Trump, was sentenced to four months in prison and ordered to pay a $6,500 fine for two counts of contempt of Congress in 2022.
Bannon has not yet served that sentence because it has been put on hold pending appeal.
House Republicans recently threatened to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress for defying their subpoena in relation to their ongoing probe into Biden’s overseas business dealings.
After months-long defiance from the president’s son, Biden has agreed to appear before the House Oversight Committee for a private deposition on Feb. 28.
And still Hunter and others who are connected walk free.
There isn’t a two tiered justice system in this country, is there? What a disgrace this administration is. MAGA!
Got another one! The Biden Administration is going through and sweeping up all the dirty corruption on the right. We’ve locked up thousands of insurrectionists, Trump lawyers, rightwing militia leaders, white supremacist leaders like Proud Boys. Soon Texas will feel the wrath of Dark Brandon.
$88,300,000 – that’s what former President Trump owes an 80-year-old women. Now Rudi might be suing Trump for unpaid legal fees. By the end of this month, Judge Arthur Engoron will be issuing his decision on financial fraud cases. That will be in the 10s of millions and might block Trump from doing any business in the state of New York. Trump, the leader of the Republican Party proclaims it is the party of “Law and Order” plus “Christian Values”.
I’m just kidding everybody. Don’t take me so seriously. Dark Brandon is actually not even our president. Trump is still our president and he will be for the next 20 years. I love Trump.
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P.S. I may seem a bit confused at times and if you read all of my posts I go from being far-left to other times being far-right. I’m mostly far-right now, im dumping the left. I pretty much am just a Republican I think. Sorry if I confuse you. For now on disregard my other me and just listen to this me. Sorry, I’m stupid.
Cheers,
Connor
hunter biden meanwhile holds both congress and his crack dealer in contempt. No one can stop the biden crime family except the Houthi’s.