JUST IN: Peter Navarro Released From Prison

Peter Navarro, the onetime advisor to former President Donald Trump who defied Congress during its investigation into the January 6th, 2021 riots at the Capitol, is officially a free man.

CBS News reported that Navarro was quietly released from federal prison on Wednesday after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena seeking his testimony about Trump’s knowledge and whereabouts on the historic day when hundreds of rioters stormed the Capitol building in an attempt to prevent certification of the 2020 election. Navarro, 75, served his sentence at an institution in Miami here he was assigned to an 80-member compound reserved for older inmates. Staff for the advisor posted on his social media page that he was about to be released, writing “the best it yet to come.”

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With President Trump now officially the GOP nominee, Navarro, his former Director of Trade and Industrial Policy, may once again take a central role in his campaign to return to the White House. The outlet reported that he had been offered a prime speaking slot at this week’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, though it’s unclear if he will take the stage and stump for the former boss he gave up his freedom to protect. The convention will hold its final events on Thursday.

BREAKING

Peter Navarro is no longer a political prisoner.

Peter is on his way to Milwaukee to address the RNC. #FightFightFight pic.twitter.com/RyNy4NapFv

— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) July 17, 2024

In September of 2023, Navarro was found guilty of two counts of criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a House select committee chaired by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) which has since become a lightning rod in the debate over whether the investigation was politicized. Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) refused to participate in the proceedings after several colleagues he recommended for positions on the committee were denied by Pelosi, who instead appointed anti-Trump members Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Liz Cheney (R-WY), both of whom declined to run for reelection or lost their Republican primary, respectively.

In addition to his four-month sentence, Navarro was handed $9,500 in fines by a federal judge. Despite appealing the ruling, Navarro was ordered to begin serving his sentence. The former Trump advisor argued he was bound by executive privilege, an argument Judge Amit Mehta refused to entertain. A three-judge appeals court refused to delay his sentencing and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts declined as well, with the full court denying a review of the case just weeks later.

The fallout from J6 continues more than three and a half years later. This month former Trump advisor Steve Bannon reported to federal prison to serve an equal four-month sentence on similar charges despite attempts by House Republicans to stymie his guilty verdict. Bannon is also pursuing an appeal of his conviction on two counts of contempt of Congress.

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