Peter Navarro, director of the National Trade Council, right, listens as former President speaks during a meeting with executives of supply chain distributors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, March 29, 2020. (Photographer: Pete Marovich/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Former President Donald Trump‘s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., visited former Trump adviser Peter Navarro in federal prison. Navarro faces a sentence of four months after he was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress related to the January 6 investigations.
Navarro failed to provide the necessary information, including documents and testimony, to the former January 6 House committee by evading a congressional subpoena. Navarro claimed that former President Trump had asserted executive privilege to maintain confidentiality. However, no evidence of Trump invoking the privilege was ever presented.
Navarro attempted to appeal his prison sentence twice to the U.S. Supreme Court, once to Chief Justice John Roberts and again to Justice Neil Gorsuch. Both Justices denied his requests. Later, District Judge Amit Mehta sentenced Navarro to six months in prison and a fine of $600,000.
Trump Jr. claimed he visited Navarro to show support for “a good man” who was “wrongfully convicted.”
“Peter was railroaded by the same corrupt system that is trying to railroad my father and so I thought it was important to show my support for him. He’s a good man who was wrongfully convicted,” Trump Jr. stated. “I wanted Peter to know that my entire family is praying for him and will always have his back.”
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was also charged with two counts of contempt of Congress. An appeals court recently rejected Bannon’s appeal, increasing the likelihood that he will also be sent to prison.
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