Former President Donald Trump’s top White House trade adviser Peter Navarro was found guilty Thursday of two counts of criminal contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
A jury in Washington, D.C., convicted the former Trump administration official following a trial that lasted just over a day. Navarro’s defense team called no witnesses.
Sentencing is set for January, and Navarro faces a maximum of one year in prison and a fine of $100,000 for each count.
Good, now do all the others.
It needs to be prison time, otherwise it’s just the cost of doing business.
If the punishment is a fine, it’s only illegal for poor people.
Hence why all sentences are and/or. Fine of $100,000 and/or 1 year old prison.
It’s the same in every state and federal application to my knowledge.
Agreed. But OP was saying there needs to be some time in the mix.
The article clearly states that he faces jail time AND a fine, not OR a fine.
1 year is the worst he can get? Hopefully it is prison time as that fine is a joke.
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It was so worth the wait.
He’s now in the FO stage of FAFO
Not really, the guy is worth 5-6 million dollars so this won’t scare him at all. He will get a fine and pay it then go on his merry way
Is it an either/or on the prison time and fine? I read it as fine and min 30 days of time, going up to a year.
It’s a fine and possibly a year in prison for each count. But the judge can rule no jail time and just fines which is what I’m betting is what will happen.
Sigh…there’s no real justice these days, is there?
I would love to be wrong but our justice system is made to help rich people break the law with little to no repercussions.
The US has a Legal system, not a Justice system.
Nothing is going to happen to any of these assholes.
There’s a different set of rules for rich, white assholes.
Disclosure: white and broke here.
Bannon got a prison sentence. But he’s out while waiting for his appeal, unlike broke folk. So he might see a consequence.
He’d better get 2 yrs in jail and a $200k fine.
Do you think if he had testified, he would have also been indicted for Jan 6th crimes? Maybe it was strategic. Better to get a possible 2 year max prison sentence than what he could have gotten with RICO charges. I have no idea how involved he was with the insurrection though, it’s just a thought I had.
He could have availed himself of his 5th Amendment right. Would have made him look guilty in the public’s eyes, but he would have been no worse off legally. And now that he’s convicted of contempt, Congress could subpoena him again. Rinse and repeat.
Thanks for responding! Glad I’m not a defense lawyer lol
OMG, we’re finally seeing some consequences (assuming the sentencing isn’t a slap on the wrist). It’s been so frustrating.
