DOJ Seeks 12-Month Imprisonment for Former Trump Aide Peter Navarro

Published on January 19, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking a year-long prison term along with fines for former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for his criminal conviction related to avoiding a subpoena request from the Jan. 6 committee. In September, a federal court jury convicted Mr. Navarro of two misdemeanor counts for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify in front of the Jan. 6 committee and provide certain requested documents. In a Jan. 18 memo submitted to the U.S. District Court of D.C., DOJ prosecutors alleged that Mr. Navarro “thumbed his nose at Congressional authority” with his refusal to comply with the subpoena. Instead of abiding by the Congressional request on a matter of “national importance,” Mr. Navarro “like the rioters at the Capitol, put politics, not country, first, and stonewalled Congress’s investigation.”...

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