Washington — Peter Navarro, a former trade official in the Trump White House, was sentenced to four months in prison on Thursday on two contempt of Congress charges stemming from his refusal to comply with a subpoena related to his actions after the 2020 election. In 2022, Navarro defied a demand for records and testimony […]
U.S. District Judge Ahmit Mehta sentences Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser in Donald Trump’s administration, to a four month prison sentence for his defiance of a congressional subpoena issued by the House Jan. 6 select committee. Navarro worked with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who has also been sentenced to four months […]
WASHINGTON — Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro will be sentenced Thursday for criminal contempt of Congress, with federal prosecutors saying he “thumbed his nose” at the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of a month in prison. Navarro was convicted in […]
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump‘s trade adviser Peter Navarro will be sentenced in Washington federal court on Thursday for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Federal prosecutors are seeking six months in prison for Navarro, writing in a […]
FILE – Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Federal Courthouse, in Washington, Aug. 28, 2023. A federal judge on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, rejected a bid for a new trial for Navarro, who was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional […]