Posted 3/19/2024, 8:20:00 PM
Trump aide Navarro begins 4-month sentence for refusing to testify about election schemes
- Peter Navarro, former Trump aide, surrendered to begin 4-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about his role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election
- Navarro claimed he had "absolute testimonial immunity" but courts ruled he failed to show Trump actually asserted privilege to shield his testimony
- Navarro published a book describing a plot with Steve Bannon to throw the election to Trump during the electoral vote counting
- Navarro attacked Biden's policies and urged voting for Trump in 2024 before entering prison
- Navarro repeated conspiracy theories about Jan. 6 attack and accused Justice Dept. of unfairly targeting Trump