{"id":2025221,"date":"2023-09-07T21:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T01:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-adviser-convicted-of-contempt-of-congress-in-jan-6-case\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T21:12:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T01:12:02","slug":"former-trump-adviser-convicted-of-contempt-of-congress-in-jan-6-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-adviser-convicted-of-contempt-of-congress-in-jan-6-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Trump Adviser Convicted Of Contempt Of Congress In Jan. 6 Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-trump-adviser-convicted-of-contempt-of-congress-in-jan-6-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2025221&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter Navarro, an advisor to former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse on September 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>5:57 PM \u2013 Thursday, September 7, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Former Donald Trump adviser, Peter Navarro, has been convicted of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the January 6<sup>th<\/sup> event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, a jury deliberated for roughly four hours at a federal courthouse in Washington before convicting Navarro on two counts of contempt for refusing to testify before a House January 6<sup>th<\/sup> committee where he would be asked to turn over subpoenaed papers.<\/p>\n<p>Navarro spoke to reporters outside of the courthouse after the deliberation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cSad day for America, not because of the guilty verdicts, but because I can\u2019t come out and have an honest, decent conversation with the people of America,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is nuts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The former Republican adviser also complained about the \u201cdivide\u201d in the country, and \u201cthe woke Marxist left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also added that he was not surprised about the quick verdict and pledged to appeal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe knew going in what the verdict was going to be. That is why this is going to the appeals court,\u201d he told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cAnd we feel \u2013 look, I said from the beginning this is going to the Supreme Court. I said from the beginning I\u2019m willing to go to prison to settle this issue, I\u2019m willing to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LISTEN : Former Trump Advisor Peter Navarro speaks after he was convicted of contempt of Congress for not complying with a subpoena from the House select committee investigating J6th.<\/p>\n<p>Navarro said the verdict had nothing to do with contempt, but rather because of his association\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/39yTsRoZ4m\">pic.twitter.com\/39yTsRoZ4m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stella Escobedo (@StellaEscoTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StellaEscoTV\/status\/1699891390225011159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After the verdict was announced, Navarro\u2019s counsel asked for a mistrial, claiming that the jury had left the courthouse for a break during deliberations and would have been exposed to protesters carrying banners outside, which could have tainted their non-biased perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Navarro\u2019s lawyer, Stanley Woodward, said that the jury announced its decision roughly 10 minutes after the break.<\/p>\n<p>In his closing argument, Woodward also said that the government had failed to prove Navarro was guilty of criminal contempt of Congress.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFor the government to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt, it also has to prove that Dr. Navarro\u2019s failure to comply with the subpoena was not the result of accident, mistake or inadvertence,\u201d Woodward said. \u201cThis case is about those three words.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The attorney then added that the government failed to tell jurors where Navarro was when he was meant to appear for his deposition with the January 6<sup>th<\/sup>  committee.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor John Crabb argued that it does not matter where he was but: \u201cwhat matters is where he wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Navarro has stated that he did not present since former President Donald Trump advised him to declare executive privilege in the matter, despite the fact that Trump never communicated this to the Jan. 6 committee or filed any evidence in Navarro\u2019s case indicating that he had done so.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors claimed Navarro had a duty to appear and answer whatever questions he could.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he had been indicted last year on two counts of contempt of Congress, including one for failing to provide documents and the other for failing to provide testimony.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta scheduled sentencing for January 12<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Peter Navarro is found guilty of contempt of congress, Jim Jordan gets a letter from the Fulton County DA, and That 70\u2019s Show actor Danny Masterson is sentenced.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Another man dies while in custody at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta. 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