On March 19, 2024, former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro held a press conference in Miami, Florida, before turning himself into federal prison.
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Former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro, who was convicted of defying a subpoena from a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, will speak at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, just days after he was released from prison. hours later.
Navarro, 75, is serving about four months in a Miami federal prison. A federal jury in Washington, D.C., found him guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a House select committee’s orders.
United States Supreme Court reject Navarro’s request Release from prison at the earliest opportunity while he appeals his sentence.
Just before 10 a.m. ET, Navarro’s official social media account confirmed that he had left prison and traveled to Milwaukee, the host city of the convention.
“The best is yet to come!” A postal from the X account he announced Wednesday morning.
Navarro was included in the Republican National Committee’s Wednesday night programming slate, which will focus on topics related to foreign policy.
Trump’s second former White House aide, Steve Bannon, was also sentenced to four months in prison for refusing to comply with the special committee’s investigation.
Bannon goes to federal prison July 1 in Danbury, Connecticut.
