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   On 2023-09-08 17:10:44 +0000, Skeeter said:   
      
   > In article , nowomr@protonmail.com says...   
   >>   
   >> Former Trump adviser Navarro convicted of contempt of Congress   
   >> By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch   
   >> September 7, 202310:04 PM EDTUpdated 15 hours ago   
   >>   
   >> WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's trade   
   >> adviser Peter Navarro was found guilty on Thursday of contempt of Congress   
   >> for defying a subpoena from the House of Representatives committee that   
   >> investigated the 2021 attack on the Capitol.   
   >>   
   >> A 12-member jury convicted Navarro on two counts of contempt after he   
   >> refused to testify or turn over documents to the Democratic-led House   
   >> panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 riot by Trump supporters and   
   >> broader attempts by Trump, a Republican, to reverse his 2020 election   
   >> defeat.   
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   >> Navarro, a hawk on China policy who advised Trump on trade issues during   
   >> his presidency and also served on the COVID-19 task force, became the   
   >> second close associate of Trump to be convicted for spurning the   
   >> committee. Steve Bannon was found guilty last year of contempt of Congress   
   >> for similarly defying a subpoena and was sentenced to four months in   
   >> prison. Bannon is now appealing the conviction.   
   >>   
   >> Navarro said ahead of his trial that he did not have to comply with the   
   >> subpoena because Trump had invoked executive privilege, a legal doctrine   
   >> that shields some executive branch records and communications from   
   >> disclosure.   
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   >> But U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Navarro could not use this   
   >> as a defense, finding that the defendant had not presented evidence that   
   >> Trump formally invoked executive privilege in response to the subpoena.   
   >> Defense lawyer Stanley Woodward was left to argue that Navarro's failure   
   >> to comply may have been an accident or a mistake.   
   >>   
   >> Navarro, wearing a dark suit and red tie, showed no visible reaction when   
   >> the verdict was read aloud following about five hours of jury   
   >> deliberations. His lawyer said he would appeal.   
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   >> "The day that Judge Mehta ruled that I could not use executive privilege   
   >> as the defense in this case, the die was cast," Navarro told reporters   
   >> outside the courthouse.   
   >>   
   >> The charges carry a minimum of 30 days and a maximum of one year in jail.   
   >> Sentencing was scheduled for Jan. 12.   
   >>   
   >> Navarro said he did not call Trump as a witness because the front-runner   
   >> for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination was "fighting four   
   >> different indictments in three different jurisdictions. We chose not to go   
   >> there."   
   >>   
   >> The verdict in federal court in Washington followed a trial with just one   
   >> day of testimony from three prosecution witnesses, former staff members of   
   >> the House committee. The defense did not call any witnesses or present any   
   >> evidence.   
   >>   
   >> [1/3]Peter Navarro, a White House economic adviser under former U.S.   
   >> President Donald Trump, speaks to reporters outside the E. Barrett   
   >> Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2023.   
   >> REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson Acquire Licensing Rights   
   >>   
   >> "The defendant chose allegiance to former President Trump over compliance   
   >> with the subpoena," federal prosecutor Elizabeth Aloi told the jurors   
   >> during closing arguments earlier on Thursday. "That is contempt. That is a   
   >> crime."   
   >> 'NOT OVER BY A LONG SHOT'   
   >>   
   >> Navarro's lawyers sought a mistrial following the verdict, claiming jurors   
   >> were allowed outside the courthouse for a break and encountered protesters   
   >> angry over the Capitol riot. Mehta declined to rule on the request without   
   >> additional information about what had transpired.   
   >>   
   >> Navarro lawyer John Rowley told reporters the case posed important legal   
   >> issues that would need to be decided on appeal.   
   >>   
   >> "This case is not over by a long shot," Rowley said.   
   >   
   > Bring it bitch!   
      
   All the dumbass had to do was appear at the hearing and plead the 5th   
   on every question, he thought he was too privileged for that.   
      
   Now he can just cough up a lot of legal fees that wouldn't have been   
   necessary (or get Trump to throw candlelight dinner fundraisers for   
   him).   
      
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