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ABC News reports:
Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro was in federal court Thursday to be sentenced for defying a congressional subpoena to cooperate with the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Navarro was convicted in September on one count of contempt of Congress over his refusal to appear for a deposition in front of the committee, and on a second count for refusing to produce documents. He had argued that former President Trump had instructed him to invoke executive privilege, but prosecutors disputed that.
Read the full article. And below is the result.
BREAKING: NAVARRO sentenced to 4 months in prison.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 25, 2024
HAPPENING NOW: Sentencing of Peter NAVARRO is underway for his defiance of a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee.
Judge MEHTA immediately challenges Navarro attorneys’ claim that he has “accepted responsibility” for his crime.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 25, 2024
Stan Woodward, arguing for Navarro, says Navarro should get credit for accepting responsibility.
MEHTA says no way: “The idea that somehow he has exhibited clear demonstration of acceptance [of responsibility] is sort of hard to reconcile with the plain reading of those words.”
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 25, 2024
Defense says Navarro “risked his life” during COVID, by working in the White House “every day”
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 25, 2024
Prosecutor John Crabb explains the importance of the House Jan 6 Select Cmte… then says “Before he knew what documents they wanted.. what questions they wanted to ask him, the defendant invoked ‘executive privilege”
Crabb says Navarro “believes he’s above the law”
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 25, 2024
Prosecutor says “even if the defendant had some good faith basis that he had executive privilege…… he didn’t behave in that fashion…. He didn’t appear for the deposition as required and invoke privilege.. he just thumbed his nose at the committee”
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 25, 2024
Defense will argue for Navarro’s release from custody (pause in any prison sentence) through the appeals process.
Not unexpected
Steve Bannon remains on release, during his appeal of conviction for Contempt of Congress
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 25, 2024
NAVARRO: “The minute that violence erupted on Capitol Hill was on eof the worst days of my life. That was not only a desecreation of our Capitol but it was also an end to any rational discussion related to the Electoral Count Act of 1887.”
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 25, 2024
CRABB: “The defendant brazenly defied Congress. This type of behavior would lead to others ignoring Congress. There will be future investigations. It’s important for the court to make clear that people cannot defy Congress and ignore their legal obligations.”
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 25, 2024
MEHTA emphasizes that if Navarro had just consulted a lawyer (he didn’t until after he was charged), he wouldn’t be standing here today. Any lawyer “worth his salt” would have told him not to completely blow off the committee.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 25, 2024
MEHTA: “Can I tell you what bothers me about his public statements?…It’s unfortunate that his statements mislead. Nancy Pelosi’s not responsible for your prosecution. Joe Biden’s not responsible for your prosecution.”
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 25, 2024
Heading into his sentencing today, Peter Navarro stops to do what MAGA does – beg other people for money. It’s part of the brand. pic.twitter.com/6JFL2vzEUS
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 25, 2024