"Ex-Trump Aide Peter Navarro Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison for Contempt of Congress"
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Peter Navarro, a former White House aide to Donald Trump, has been sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress in relation to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack investigation. Navarro, who claimed credit for devising a plan to overturn the 2020 election, was found guilty of refusing to produce documents or testify after receiving a House subpoena. He becomes the second senior Trump aide sentenced for stonewalling Congress’s Jan. 6 investigation, joining Stephen K. Bannon. Both men have appealed their convictions and could become the first people incarcerated for defying a congressional subpoena in over half a century.
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- Peter Navarro, ex-Trump aide, gets 4 months prison for contempt of Congress The Washington Post
- Peter Navarro, Ex-Trump Aide, Gets 4 Months in Prison for Defying Congress The New York Times
- Ex-White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro Sentenced to Four Months in Prison on Two Counts of Contempt of Congress Department of Justice
- 'You are not a victim': Judge scolds Navarro during sentencing CNN
- Former Jan. 6 committee chair applauds Navarro’s prison sentence The Hill
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