Former Trump aide Navarro sentenced to four months for contempt of Congress
Al Jazeera
Peter Navarro is the second Trump aide convicted of contempt of Congress charges.
Former US President Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro has been sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress after refusing to cooperate with an investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Navarro was found guilty of defying a subpoena for documents and a deposition from the House January 6 committee.
He pledged to appeal Thursday’s verdict and said he could not cooperate with the committee because Trump had invoked executive privilege.
A judge banned him from making that argument during trial, finding that he did not show that Trump had invoked it.
Navarro said in court before his sentencing that the House committee investigating the January 6 attack had led him to believe that it accepted his invocation of executive privilege, which shields some presidential records and communications from disclosure.
