On Thursday, former Trade Advisor to President Donald Trump, Peter Navarro, was convicted on two counts of Contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas from the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. In response to the charges, 45th President Trump called those who charged him "Fascist Monsters."
The jury in the case returned a unanimous conviction after four hours of deliberation following a two-day trial that contained testimony from three former January 6th committee staffers.
Each one of the counts carries a one-year maximum sentence, however, Navarro plans to appeal the verdict.
Navarro has claimed that Trump told him to defy the committee's subpoena and instead assert executive privilege. However, U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta did not find his arguments credible that a former advisor would allow him to not comply with a congressional subpoena.
In response to the charges, leading Republican presidential candidate and 45th President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, "I can’t believe that these Fascist Monsters have so viciously gone after the great Peter Navarro for defying the totally partisan January 6th Unselect Committee of political Hacks and Thugs, who refused to go after Crazy Nancy Pelosi, and the reasons she and the Mayor of D.C. REJECTED 10,000 soldiers, which would have easily stopped any future security problem. His testimony wouldn’t have mattered, anyway, because the “Committee” QUICKLY and ILLEGALLY DELETED & DESTROYED ALL EVIDENCE & FINDINGS!"
"God Bless Great American Trade Negotiator & Patriot, Peter Navarro," Trump added. "He brought billions of dollars into our Country, and now the lunatic Marxists & Fascists want him in jail because of the Unselect Committee of political Hacks and Thugs. In the end, it will all work out, and we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
Peter Navarro served honorably under President Trump's administration and the fact that he will now be serving behind bars is a tragic turn of events.
The jury in the case returned a unanimous conviction after four hours of deliberation following a two-day trial that contained testimony from three former January 6th committee staffers.
Each one of the counts carries a one-year maximum sentence, however, Navarro plans to appeal the verdict.
Navarro has claimed that Trump told him to defy the committee's subpoena and instead assert executive privilege. However, U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta did not find his arguments credible that a former advisor would allow him to not comply with a congressional subpoena.
In response to the charges, leading Republican presidential candidate and 45th President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, "I can’t believe that these Fascist Monsters have so viciously gone after the great Peter Navarro for defying the totally partisan January 6th Unselect Committee of political Hacks and Thugs, who refused to go after Crazy Nancy Pelosi, and the reasons she and the Mayor of D.C. REJECTED 10,000 soldiers, which would have easily stopped any future security problem. His testimony wouldn’t have mattered, anyway, because the “Committee” QUICKLY and ILLEGALLY DELETED & DESTROYED ALL EVIDENCE & FINDINGS!"
"There was MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, evidence and findings that the Unselect Committee DID NOT WANT SEEN," Trump continued. "This deleted and destroyed evidence is a big part of my defense, and the defense of many others. They should be the ones who are prosecuted, not Peter Navarro who, by the way, was single greatest trade negotiator against China, who paid the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars during the Trump Administration (never paid ten cents before us!). Only China is celebrating the Navarro conviction!"
"God Bless Great American Trade Negotiator & Patriot, Peter Navarro," Trump added. "He brought billions of dollars into our Country, and now the lunatic Marxists & Fascists want him in jail because of the Unselect Committee of political Hacks and Thugs. In the end, it will all work out, and we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
Peter Navarro served honorably under President Trump's administration and the fact that he will now be serving behind bars is a tragic turn of events.
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