Avast ye! Peter Navarro, a scallywag from the Trump White House, be sentenced to four moons for snubbin' the Jan. 6 subpoena!
2024-01-25
Aye, the scurvy dog Peter Navarro, aye, that former Trump adviser who dared defy a subpoena to surrender his documents and stand witness before the Jan. 6 committee, hath been sentenced to walk the plank, arr!
Peter Navarro, a former White House advisor under Donald Trump, has been sentenced to four months in prison and fined $9,500 for flouting a House Jan. 6 committee subpoena. Navarro was convicted in September of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying the subpoena, which required him to provide documents and testify before the committee investigating the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. In sentencing Navarro, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta cited Navarro's claims of a "two-tier system of justice" and his description of the committee as a "kangaroo court." The judge also criticized Navarro for refusing to engage with the committee and for not taking the issue of executive privilege seriously. Navarro had claimed that he defied the subpoena because he believed in "good faith" that Trump had invoked executive privilege. Prosecutors had sought a six-month prison sentence and a $200,000 fine for Navarro. Navarro has vowed to appeal the verdict and has asked supporters to donate to help cover his legal expenses. This case is seen as an important constitutional landmark that will determine the separation of powers and the integrity of presidential decision-making. Navarro is the second Trump aide to face contempt of Congress charges, with former White House advisor Steve Bannon also being convicted and sentenced to four months in prison.