WASHINGTON (CN) — A federal jury on Thursday convicted former senior Trump White House official Peter Navarro on two counts of contempt of Congress over his refusal to provide documents or testify before the special House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The committee subpoenaed Navarro in early 2022, identifying him as one of the “political forces” that directly led to the attack by peddling false claims of widespread voter fraud and crafting a scheme, known as the “Green Bay Sweep,” to keep President Donald Trump in power despite his electoral defeat.
Navarro failed to appear and declined to turn over any records, arguing that his role as one of Trump’s most senior advisers granted him immunity under executive privilege, a legal doctrine intended to protect some of the president’s communications with his advisers.
The jury's guilty verdicts came after about four hours of deliberation. Navarro faces up to a year in jail for either count.
Following the jury's verdict, Navarro and his attorneys spoke to reporters outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse, calling it a "landmark case" and claiming it was the first time a senior White House adviser has been convicted of a crime. He promised to appeal the jury's decision and to continue litigating the case up to the Supreme Court.
"I am willing to go to prison to settle this issue," Navarro said, as protesters both in support and against huddled behind him with signs reading "Bro,...
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