Peter Navarro, the former advisor to Donald Trump on Thursday sentenced to four months in jail for contempt of Congress after defying a subpoena related to the congressional investigation into the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack.The sources state that Navarro was found guilty in September on two charges of contempt of Congress for allegedly disobeying a subpoena issued by the House Select Committee looking into the incident.The former Trump advisors sentence, according to the court supervising his case, is of his own making. The judge also chastised Navarro for saying that his prosecution was driven by politics.According to CNN, US District Judge Amit Mehta during the sentencing hearing said, “I guess what bothers me ultimately is that here we are after a year and a half plus and you still want to suggest to me that this is a political prosecution. You want me to believe this is a political prosecution.” “When the evidence is completely to the contrary,” he said raising his voice. “You are not a victim. You are not the object of a political prosecution,” the judge added. “These are the circumstances of your own making.”Navarro has also been fined for $9,500 and rejected his claims being a victim of political persecution.On Thursday, Navarro promptly filed an appeal with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. His legal team has long stated that they intend to seek an appeal in order to address concerns over his assertion that Trumps use of executive privilege prevented him from complying with the subpoena.The minimum term for each crime is one month in prison however, the prosecution had requested that Mehta sentence Navarro to six months for each count, to run concurrently, and penalise him $200,000.Following this, Navarro on his official X handle, asked for the contribution to in the legal defense fund. Help me take this landmark case about constitutional separation of powers to Supreme Court. Please contribute to my legal defense fund at https://t.co/LGxqTHHKIb https://t.co/NhadAhTHHk— Peter Navarro (@RealPNavarro) January 25, 2024
