Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro sentenced to four months in prison
by Hugo Lowell and Martin Pengelly in Washington from on (#6J4DH)
Navarro, trade adviser during Trump presidency, convicted over refusal to comply with subpoena from January 6 committee
Peter Navarro, a top former Trump administration official, was sentenced to four months in federal prison and fined $9,500 after he was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by the House select committee that investigated the January 6 Capitol attack.
The sentence imposed by Amit Mehta in federal district court in Washington was lighter than what prosecutors recommended but tracked the four-month jail term handed to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, who was similarly convicted for ignoring the panel's subpoena.
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