Peter Navarro Is Out of Prison, Headed to the RNC

UPDATE Jul 17, 2024 10:09 AM CDT

Peter Navarro is a free man after completing his 4-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena. The Federal Bureau of Prisons said the 75-year-old was released from the facility in Miami where he had been since March. CNN reports he worked as a law library clerk while incarcerated. CBS News reports his name appears among the list of this week's RNC speakers, though it's not clear whether he'll appear on Wednesday or Thursday.

Mar 19, 2024 11:43 AM CDT

Economist and former presidential trade adviser Peter Navarro now has an unwanted new title: inmate. The 74-year-old reported to a federal prison in Miami on Tuesday to begin serving a 4-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena, reports CNN. Navarro thus becomes the first member of former President Trump's inner circle to see jail time for events related to the 2020 election, notes Politico.

"I will walk proudly in there to do my time," Navarro told reporters in Miami before turning himself in, per NBC News. "I will gather strength from this: Donald John Trump is the nominee." Navarro is appealing his conviction for contempt of Congress, but he lost his fight to avoid prison in the meantime. (The latest loss came Monday, courtesy of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.) Two years ago, Navarro failed to appear before a House panel investigating the Capitol riot, maintaining that he could not cooperate because of Trump's executive privilege. Courts have rejected the argument, notes the AP. (More Peter Navarro stories.)