Donald Trump on Wednesday introduced that he tapped Peter Navarro to function senior counselor for commerce and manufacturing, making him the second individual Trump picked for his administration that has served federal jail time.
Navarro, who served as a Trump commerce adviser within the first Trump administration, was launched from federal jail in July after serving a four-month sentence for refusing to adjust to a congressional subpoena. Navarro—who pushed Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen—each refused to testify and provide paperwork to the now-defunct Home Choose Committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
In keeping with a Home decision recommending that Navarro be held in contempt, “Peter K. Navarro, a White House trade advisor, worked with Stephen K. Bannon and others to develop and implement a plan to delay Congress’s certification, and ultimately change the outcome, of the November 2020 Presidential election. In November 2021, Mr. Navarro published ‘In Trump Time,’ a book in which he described this plan as the ‘Green Bay Sweep’ and stated that it was designed as the ‘last, best chance to snatch a stolen election from the Democrats’ jaws of deceit.’”
Navarro took satisfaction in his determination to refuse to testify earlier than Congress within the Jan. 6 probe, bragging about it in a speech on the Republican Nationwide Conference in July, the identical day he was launched from jail.
“The J6 committee demanded that I betray Donald John Trump to save my own skin. I refused,” Navarro said. He added “I went to prison so you won’t have to. I am your wakeup call.”
Trump introduced up Navarro’s conviction in a Reality Social submit saying that he’s bringing Navarro again to assist him implement his harmful tariff plan that may quantity to a tax hike on each American.
“I am pleased to announce that Peter Navarro, a man who was treated horribly by the Deep State, or whatever else you would like to call it, will serve as my Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing,” Trump wrote. “During my First Term, few were more effective or tenacious than Peter in enforcing my two sacred rules, Buy American, Hire American. He helped me renegotiate unfair Trade Deals like NAFTA and the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), and moved every one of my Tariff and Trade actions FAST.”
Navarro is the second convicted felon Trump has picked for his administration.
Over the weekend, Trump tapped Charles Kushner to be ambassador to France. Kushner—who’s Ivanka Trump’s father-in-law—was sentenced to 2 years in jail after pleading responsible in 2004 to submitting false tax returns, mendacity to the Federal Election Fee, and retaliating in opposition to a witness. Trump pardoned Kushner in 2020, after Trump misplaced reelection.
And lest we neglect, Trump himself is a convicted felon, as he was discovered responsible of 34 counts of falsifying enterprise data to hide hush cash funds he made to a porn actress who claims to have had an affair with Trump.
Apart from nominating really convicted criminals to his administration, Trump has additionally nominated a number of individuals accused of sexual assault to serve in high-level Cupboard roles. That features now-former Rep. Matt Gaetz , who needed to withdraw his nomination to function lawyer common as a result of Republicans had been uncomfortable with the little one intercourse trafficking allegations Gaetz faces. There may be additionally Fox Information character Pete Hegseth, whose nomination to function secretary of protection is in bother amid allegations of rape and alcohol abuse.
A cultured group of people, certainly.
