Peter Navarro, ex-Trump trade adviser, released from prison

Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser to President Donald Trump, was released from federal prison on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, after serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress. Navarro was convicted in January 2024 for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection.

During his imprisonment, Navarro worked as a law library clerk and was reportedly well-liked and respected by his fellow inmates. He is expected to quickly travel to Milwaukee to attend the Republican National Convention, where his former boss, Donald Trump, has been formally nominated as the GOP’s 2024 presidential nominee.

Navarro’s conviction was related to his involvement in efforts to delay Congress’ certification of the 2020 presidential election results and his own account in his memoir describing election-related plots. He had sought to argue that he was acting at the direction of Trump, who had invoked executive privilege, but the judge barred him from presenting this defense, finding insufficient evidence of formal privilege assertion.

Navarro is one of two members of Trump’s circle who were convicted for failing to comply with subpoenas from the now-defunct House Select Committee. Trump adviser Steve Bannon started serving his four-month sentence earlier this month at a federal prison in Connecticut. 17GEN4.com