STAFF REPORT
McALLEN, Texas | Brash Trump minion Peter Navarro, shown in photo above, became the second aide to be convicted of failing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The verdict came this afternoon after a short trial.
Navarro served as a White House trade adviser under Trump and later promoted the Republican’s baseless claims of mass voter fraud in the 2020 election he lost.
Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was the first. Bannon was convicted of two counts and was sentenced to four months behind bars, though he has been free pending appeal. Judge Amit Mehta scheduled Navarro's sentencing for Jan. 12. He was convicted in Washington's federal courthouse of two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress, both punishable by up to a year behind bars.
Prosecutors said Navarro acted as if he were "above the law" when he defied a subpoena for documents and a deposition from the House Jan. 6 committee.
Navarro stood by his claim that he had executive privilege...
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One more Trump loser who cannot say he's clean. Lock him up!
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