Fox News is seeking to fact-check claims made by President Trump’s former aide Peter Navarro before he was sentenced to four months in prison for failing to respond to a congressional subpoena. I cut out the press conference that took place.
Navarro, who is not responding to the House investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, told reporters in Miami on Tuesday. They might put you in jail. ”
“Don’t get me wrong about that, and don’t get me wrong about this. They’re going after Donald Trump with the same tactics, means and strategies that got me there today,” he continued.
Mr. Navarro also claimed that he was “the first senior White House adviser in our nation’s history to be indicted for this crime.”
When the network cut short Navarro’s news conference, Fox anchor Sandra Smith said, “We’re here to check the facts.” It is no longer the criminal charge for which he will serve this four-month sentence. ”
“He was clearly convicted and there was no evidence of that…so he would be excluded from testifying, pursuant to presidential privilege,” she said.
Navarro was found guilty last year of two counts of contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents related to the House investigation into the January 6 attack and for failing to take a deposition before the committee that conducted the investigation. received the verdict.
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