The verdict came after a brief trial for Navarro Served as White House trade adviser during Donald Trump’s presidency He then furthered the Republican Party’s unsubstantiated claims of massive voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Bannon was found guilty of two counts and sentenced to four months in prison, although he is pending an appeal.
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What was Peter Navarro accused of?
Navarro was charged with two counts of contempt of Congress: one for refusing to respond to a request to testify before a House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol, and another for not providing the agency with certain documents it had in its possession. requested.
Each of those charges is punishable by a minimum of 30 days in jail and a maximum of one year in jail and a fine of up to $100,000.
Prosecutors said Navarro sometimes acted as if he was “above the law.” A subpoena for documents and a House committee on January 6 challenged the report. He was charged with two counts of contempt of Congress, both punishable by up to a year in prison.
The prosecutor’s office filed the charges Thursday Navarro “made a choice” to disobey the February 2022 subpoena. And Navarro insisted he knew what he was being asked to do and when.
A defense attorney argued that Navarro did not ignore the congressional subpoena, but instead told team staff to contact Trump about what might be covered by the executive privilege, which they did not do.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Navarro’s administrative privilege argument Not a defense against the charges, Navarro concluded It shows no evidence that Trump instigated it.
Trump has been called to testify before a panel investigating the attack on the Capitol: He is scheduled to appear on November 14
Solicitors They said most of the material the committee was looking for was already publicly available And Navarro should have redacted what he could and flagged any questions or documents he believed were protected under administrative privilege.
Navarro was arraigned in Washington and his lawyers said Thursday After learning of the ruling that the case would not be settled in federal court, but in the Court of Appeals, Where do you plan to file your appeal?
Trump faces federal charges in Washington, D.C., and state charges in Georgia for his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. He has said he did nothing wrong and was acting within the law.
Committee on 6th January After the final report, the House of Representatives concluded its work in January It said Trump criminally participated in a “multiparty conspiracy” to alter the legal results of the 2020 election and took no action to arrest a mob of his supporters. Attack on the Capitol
