USA Today reports:
Peter Navarro will head back to the White House as a top advisor on trade and manufacturing, President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday on Truth Social. Navarro is an economist who served in Trump’s first administration, running a newly created National Trade Council and then the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy.
A loyal supporter to the president-elect, Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison after a federal jury convicted him of refusing to comply with a subpoena from the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He spoke at the Republican National Convention in August just after being released.
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BREAKING: Trump has just nominated Peter Navarro as his Senior Trade Advisor again. From Prison to the White House. Usually that process happens in reverse for Trump appointees.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) December 4, 2024 at 11:10 AM
NEW: Donald Trump announced that Peter Navarro will serve as “Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing” in his administration
Navarro was recently released from prison after completing his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the January 6 committee.
— Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) December 4, 2024 at 11:24 AM