https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/25/peter-navarro-contempt-congress-sentence/72350036007/WASHINGTON – Peter Navarro, a trade adviser to former President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to four months in jail for his conviction of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena.
The House committee that investigated the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, had subpoenaed Navarro for testimony and documents about strategies to overturn the 2020 election. But Navarro defied the subpoena, arguing he was protected by executive privilege to keep communications with Trump confidential.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled he couldn't document Trump had invoked executive privilege. before sentencing him to four months in jail.
“You are not a victim. You are not the object of a political prosecution,” Mehta said. “These are circumstances of your own making.
Navarro’s lawyers had advised him not to address the judge. But he said he wanted to speak after Mehta expressed disappointment in him.
“I didn’t know what to do, sir,” said Navarro, who has vowed to appeal.
