Federal prosecutors are recommending six months in prison for former President Donald Trump's former White House economic adviser Peter Navarro, who was found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress.
As Breitbart News reported at the time, Navarro said in September that a Washington, D.C., jury “refused to testify before the committee and produce documents, and intentionally failed to comply with the House of Representatives' January 6th subpoena.” He was found guilty and was found guilty.
In a memo submitted to the court by Matt Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, prosecutors argue that Navarro's “malicious strategy of defiance and contempt deserves severe punishment.”
“This court should impose a sentence of six months in prison and fine defendant $200,000, reflecting the most severe penalty consistent with the guidelines,” said U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Aloy, author of the memo. added.
She claims Navarro “chose loyalty to former President Donald Trump over the rule of law.”
Navarro cited executive privilege in his defense and said he planned to appeal the verdict after the Associated Press found him guilty. I got it.:
Navarro vowed to appeal the verdict, saying Trump was “sentenced to die” after a judge ruled he could not fight the charges, claiming Trump had invoked executive privilege and could not cooperate with the committee. .
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Navarro did not have enough evidence to show that Trump triggered the action.
“This is a landmark case that will go before the Supreme Court,” Navarro said. Defense attorney John Rowley agreed, saying, “This case is not going to be over anytime soon.”
Mehta on Tuesday also rejected a request for a new trial for Navarro, who claimed that protesters outside the courthouse influenced the jury.
“Navarro said the jury that found him in contempt of Congress may have been influenced by protesters outside the courthouse as jurors left the building for a break before returning their verdict. “He claimed there was,” ABC News said. report.
But Mehta found “evidence to support that the jurors only interacted with each other.”
of new york times Note That sentencing is scheduled for Thursday.
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was convicted of a crime He was sentenced to four months in prison and a $6,500 fine for contempt of Congress. Judgment on the case has been delayed while it is on appeal, and PBS News reported that Bannon and his lawyers also cited “an objection to executive privilege raised by Trump” as a reason for not responding to the subpoena. I got it. At the beginning of January.
The case is USA vs. NavarroNo. 22-cr-200, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
