Peter Navarro, Trump's former White House trade adviser, is he is expected to speak at the Republican National Convention next week, just hours after his July 17 release from prison.
Peter Navarro, the Trump aide who has been sentenced to prison, will be released from prison next week and address the RNC Convention. https://t.co/nyapNIVXcM pic.twitter.com/yDoR90dIqe
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 13, 2024
Navarro was found guilty of contempt of Congress charges last September for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the January 6, 2021 incident at the US Capitol. Since then he has been in jail in Miami.
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Navarro's attorney declined to comment on his participation in the convention.
The event is expected to draw millions of viewers during the programming days, so Navarro's attendance could raise old eyebrows.
Before going to prison in March, Navarro had called his conviction a “partisan weaponization of the judicial system.”
This is Peter Navarro's @RealPNavarro last interview before reporting to prison.
He stood up to the corrupt January 6 committee and was persecuted for it.
Peter is a patriot while leftist law is as destructive as ever. pic.twitter.com/qr2E0y4MAf
—Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 19, 2024
Navarro is a patriot. He will be vindicated when this is all over.
Republicans, where are you? Members of Congress should speak in unison.
If you think this starts and ends with Navarro, you are wrong. https://t.co/zLKjQaVgRP— Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellUSA) March 19, 2024
Navarro had asked to remain free while he appealed his sentence to give the courts time to consider his challenge.
However, the federal appeals court in Washington denied his attempt to avoid his conviction, finding that his appeal was unlikely to overturn his conviction.
Trump, who has previously called Navarro a “great patriot” and a “good man,” has a history of supporting his allies.
Navarro was the second Trump aide convicted of contempt of Congress charges; Former White House adviser Steve Bannon also received a four-month sentence, which he is now serving.
🚨LISTEN: Steve Bannon gives a powerful speech outside the Connecticut prison where he will be held, followed by a beautiful moment of prayer:
“I'm proud to go to jail. If that's what it takes to stand up to tyranny. If that's what it takes to stand up to Garland… pic.twitter.com/aRZqvZn7lp
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 1, 2024
This is Steve Bannon who will be released from prison on November 1st.
Get ready Democrats. You messed with the wrong guy.
100 million votes for Trump.
The law is the biggest political miscalculation in history.pic.twitter.com/T6zUHCxtqu
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePress) June 6, 2024