Posted 3/11/2024, 5:17:00 PM
Trump Adviser Navarro Ordered to Serve 4-Month Prison Sentence for Defying Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena
- Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro ordered to begin 4-month prison sentence on March 19 for contempt of Congress charges
- Navarro was convicted for defying subpoena from House committee investigating Jan. 6 Capitol riot
- Navarro unsuccessfully argued executive privilege precluded him from cooperating
- Navarro would be first high-ranking Trump White House official jailed for charges related to overturning 2020 election
- Appeal court considering Navarro’s request to stay sentence as he fights conviction, argues case has major implications for executive privilege