Federal prosecutors asked a judge to sentence former White House advisor and Fox network host Peter Navarro to a six-month sentence and fine him $200,000 for his conviction on two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to honor subpoenas, Kyle Cheney of Politico reports.
“The Committee sought documents and testimony from the Defendant pertinent to a matter of national importance – the circumstances that led to the violent attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the disruption of the peaceful transfer of power,” prosecutors wrote in the filing. “But the Defendant, like the rioters at the Capitol, put politics, not country, first, and stonewalled” Congress’s investigation. The Defendant chose allegiance to former President Donald Trump over the rule of law even after being apprised that executive privilege would not excuse his default.”