The former chairman of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol praised the prison sentence for former President Trump's former adviser.
“In the days leading up to January 6th, while working as former President Trump's trade adviser, Peter Navarro waived his oath to the Constitution, abused the public's trust, and sent a defeated incumbent to the White House. “We tried to keep it there,” the congressman said. . Bennie Thompson (Dem, Miss) said in a press release posted Thursday. to his account on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
“He exploited it again when he deliberately defied a lawful subpoena from the Special Committee on January 6 to answer questions about preparations for that fateful day on January 6.” continued Thompson. “Last summer's guilty verdict and today's sentence are the result of Mr. Navarro's stubborn insistence that his short tenure in the executive branch is somehow above the law. We are working hard to bring this case to a successful conclusion. I applaud the U.S. Attorney for doing so.”
Navarro was sentenced Thursday to four months in prison for failing to respond to an investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He was found guilty in September of two counts of contempt of Congress: failing to produce documents related to the investigation and failing to take a deposition.
Prosecutors asked the judge to sentence Navarro to six months in prison, saying he had shown “total disregard” for the commission's investigation and “utter contempt for the rule of law.” Ta.
“The committee was investigating an attack on the very foundations of our nation's democracy,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney John Crabb. “There can be no more serious investigation by Congress.”
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