Former President Trump said he would “absolutely” rehire his former White House counsel Peter Navarro if he is re-elected in November, despite Navarro currently being in prison.
Navarro served two months of a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
“I would absolutely have Peter back. This outrageous behavior by Democrats should not have happened,” Trump said in a statement to Wall Street newspaper.
Navarro, 74, reported to a federal prison in Miami in mid-March. He said he doesn’t want a pardon from Trump if he is re-elected.
Navarro hopes the Supreme Court will free him while he challenges his conviction. The country’s highest court has now denied his request twice, but Navarro says the judges should take up his case.
“I will not give the Supreme Court any excuse to sidestep what would otherwise be a landmark constitutional case regarding separation of power and executive privilege,” Navarro wrote in an email sent from prison to the Journal.
The former Trump aide was convicted last year of two counts of contempt of Congress. One charge was for failing to produce documents related to the attack on the Capitol and the second was for ignoring his testimony before the House select committee that was investigating.
Navarro said he has “no regrets” because “he didn’t choose this fight, this fight chose me.”
He is scheduled to be released from prison on July 17, two days after his 75th birthday.th birthday.
On the day of his release, Navarro plans to fly to Milwaukee for a book signing for his book “The New MAGA Deal,” which will be released near the Republican Party convention and is an unofficial guide to Trump’s potential second-term policies. the Diary reported.
Trump is currently on trial on charges related to allegations that he tried to hide a secret payment to a porn star’s mistress intended to help his 2016 election prospects.
He also faces three other criminal cases, including two related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, but trials in those cases may not begin until November.
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