Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro sentenced for contempt of Congress in Capitol riot probe
The prosecutor has blamed issues with certification at DC’s crime lab, but critics note that violent crime has soared in the nation’s capital, which recorded an 82% spike in car thefts in 2023, a 67% jump in robberies and a 35% bump in murders
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Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro was sentenced Thursday to four months behind bars for flouting a subpoena from the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Navarro, 74, had argued that he couldn’t comply with the subpoena for his testimony and relevant documents because of executive privilege, but a DC jury convicted him in September of two counts of contempt of Congress. ---More...
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