Peter Navarro had refused to attend a summons from the House of Representatives committee investigating the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and to provide it with documents.
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He immediately announced his intention to appeal. A former economic advisor and close ally of Donald Trump, Peter Navarro, was sentenced on Thursday January 25 to a fine and four months in prison for obstructing the investigative powers of Congress. He was convicted in September of charges of refusing, in February 2022, to attend and provide documents to the House committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021.
Three years ago, hundreds of supporters of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, seat of the US Congress, in an attempt to prevent the certification of the victory of his Democratic opponent Joe Biden. Another ex-advisor to the former American president, Steve Bannon, herald of right-wing populism, has already been sentenced for the same offenses to the same four-month prison sentence in 2022. He too has appealed.
Donald Trump was not directly concerned by the courts for these events, although the commission of inquiry into January 6, 2021 recommended criminal proceedings against him in December 2022, in particular for calling for rebellion and conspiracy against the American institutions. The Republican was nevertheless indicted in August 2023 by a federal court in Washington and then by the courts of the state of Georgia, for his allegedly illicit attempts to obtain the reversal of the results of the 2020 election. president invokes a “absolute immunity” for his actions while in the White House. A federal appeals court in Washington is expected to rule on the matter in the coming days.
