Posted 1/19/2024, 8:05:00 AM
Prosecutors Seek 6 Months in Prison for Ex-Trump Aide Navarro Over Jan. 6 Subpoena Defiance
- Federal prosecutors want ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro to serve 6 months in prison for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee
- Navarro was convicted in September of two misdemeanor contempt of Congress charges
- Prosecutors argue Navarro "thumbed his nose at Congressional authority and refused to comply" with the subpoena
- Navarro claimed executive privilege shielded him from the subpoena, but the judge rejected that defense at trial
- Navarro's lawyers argue complex laws around executive privilege should lead to a lenient sentence of probation rather than prison time