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Former Trump White House senior adviser Stephen Bannon speaks to journalists after leaving federal court in Washington, D.C., after being sentenced in 2022. Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress.

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Steve Bannon loses his appeal of his contempt of Congress conviction

12:37pm May 10, 2024

by Washington Desk

A three-judge panel upheld the former Trump adviser's conviction for criminal contempt of Congress. The case is related to Bannon's refusal to cooperate with a House panel probe of the Jan. 6 riot.

A federal judge last week ordered Peter Navarro to report to a Florida prison on March 19.

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Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro to go to prison after Supreme Court rejects his appeal

6:04pm March 18, 2024

by NPR Washington Desk

Last week, a federal appeals court ordered Navarro to surrender to a federal prison in Florida on March 19 to serve his four-month sentence.

Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro talks to the media as he arrives at U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington on Thursday.

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Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months for contempt of Congress

2:00pm January 25, 2024

by Ryan Lucas

Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro was convicted last year for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Then-White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino delivers a recorded address for the Republican National Convention on Aug. 26, 2020, in the empty Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

House approves criminal contempt referrals for 2 Trump aides over the Jan. 6 attack

7:42pm April 06, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

The House voted to hold former Trump White House advisers Dan Scavino Jr. and Peter Navarro in contempt of Congress and refer the matter to the Justice Department for possible prosecution

The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection subpoenaed former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, seeking to question an ally of former President Donald Trump who promoted false claims of voter fraud in

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Jan. 6 panel subpoenas former Trump White House trade advisor Peter Navarro

5:58pm February 09, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

The House Jan. 6 panel says former Trump White House trade advisor Peter Navarro documented, in his own book, efforts to delay certification of 2020 election results.

White House economic adviser Peter Navarro (center, left) and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stand back to back after a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing on March 9. Navarro wrote an opi

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Fauci Calls White House Attacks On Him 'Bizarre'

3:57pm July 15, 2020

by Tamara Keith

The White House has disavowed a USA Today opinion piece by trade adviser Peter Navarro, who says Fauci has been wrong about the coronavirus. Fauci tells The Atlantic the attacks are "bizarre."

Peter Navarro, White House director of trade and manufacturing policy, has admitted quoting a fictional character in several of his nonfiction books.

White House Adviser Peter Navarro Calls Fictional Alter Ego An 'Inside Joke'

7:51pm October 18, 2019

by Scott Horsley

Peter Navarro, a key architect of President Trump's trade policy, made up one of the people the adviser repeatedly quotes in his nonfiction books. Navarro's publisher is not amused.

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President Trump delivers remarks before signing tariff proclamations on steel and aluminum imports at the White House on March 8. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (second from left), Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighth

On Trade, Trump Administration Likes to Leave Other Countries Guessing

11:34am June 01, 2018

by Jim Zarroli

On issues such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership and steel and aluminum tariffs, flip-flops and mixed messaging make it hard to discern a coherent U.S. trade policy.

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National Trade Council head Peter Navarro (right) and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (center) await President Trump's signing executive orders at the White House on Jan. 23.

Trump Adviser's Warning About Food Supply Takeover Met With Skepticism

4:39pm March 10, 2017

by Chris Arnold

Peter Navarro, top trade adviser to the president, worries that foreign takeovers of U.S. food and defense companies could make America less secure. But economists see no signs of that happening.

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