Trump ally Peter Navarro released from prison, speaks at Republican National Convention

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Peter Navarro, newly released from a federal prison, speaks at the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2024.

Peter Navarro, economist and former director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing in the Trump Administration, was released from federal prison, where he had served a four-month sentence for refusing a congressional subpoena.

Just hours after his release from a Miami prison, he was greeted with thunderous applause and cheering at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Navarro had refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the events of Jan. 6, 2021, which Democrats have described as an insurrection.

After a huge ovation that went on for minutes, Navarro addressed the Convention: “It’s a beautiful thing….I think you folks just want to know if you can see my MAGA tattoo that I got there…” The crowd exploded in laughter. “Yes, indeed, this morning I did walk out of a federal prison in Miami. Joe Biden and his Department of Injustice put me there. Tonight I’m here with you in this beautiful city of Milwaukee and I’ve got a very simple message for you:

“If they can come for me, if they can come for Donald Trump, be careful, they will come for you,” he said. “If we don’t control our government, their government will control us. If we don’t control all three branches of our government, the legislative, the executive, and the judiciary, their government will put some of us like me and Steve Bannon in prison.”

He then recounted the events that led up to his imprisonment. “The legislative branch came for me first, your favorite Democrat [former Speaker] Nancy Pelosi created your favorite committee, the sham January 6 committee, which demanded that I violate executive privilege. What did I do? I refused. The J-6 Committee demanded that I betray Donald John Trump to save my own skin and I refused.”

Navarro continued, “Here’s the thing about the Constitution — they demanded that I break the law because they had no respect for it. I refused. And a Democrat majority in the House voted to hold me in contempt. What happened next? The next jackboot to drop was the executive branch, another one of your favorite Democrats — Democrat Attorney General Merrick Garland. Him and Jack Smith indicted and prosecuted me for criminal contempt of Congress. It’s something the Democrat prosecutors refused to do against one of their own, including two guys with blood on their hands — Eric Holder and Alejandro Mayorkas, the great ‘border czar,’ right? They’ve actually gotten people killed.”

Navarro continued to tell his personal experience with the January 6 Committee and the Democrat-controlled House.

Steve Bannon reported to prison on July 1 for defying the J-6 committee; he is serving a four-month sentence.

18 COMMENTS

  1. How is it that all of the great American heros and patriots end up in the Republican Party? And all of the cowards, traitors, liars, cheaters, and phonies end up in the Democrat Party?

  2. “Trump ally Peter Navarro released from prison, speaks at Republican National Convention”.

    I want the morals, ethics and integrity of my country back. Republicans have stomped the hell out of the good parts of America.

    • Better run for office there Jeff.
      The selection of politicians who are moral, ethical, and have integrity is pretty thin on both sides of the political aisle. If you have those three traits, get out there.

    • At this stage, I’m actually somewhat OK with Bannon and Navarro doing their time. Why?

      Biden and Pelosi set an important precedent. Congressional Republicans can now lock Democrats out of investigations, as was done with J6. It will soon be open season on Democrat appointees, starting with AG Merrick Garland. Anyone considering working for a future Democrat administration will now have to think long and hard about whether they look good in stripes.

      Democrats will be crying ‘tyranny’ and we will point at Bannon and Navarro – “nobody is above the law.”

  3. Not many people would be willing to do any prison time for their principles. I admire him. He refused to waver. I hope if I was in the same position I would be brave enough to serve time in prison.

    • Do you have even a shred of proof Pelosi is a crook? Or are you just parroting Trump’s and the Party’s talking points?

      • Bill forbes says she is worth a whopping $160 million and her and her clown for a husband were broke 15 years ago. Pretty good investing I guess. And what has she done exactly to make that much $$$ Course your a fool bill do your own homework.

  4. If the Florida judge’s ruling about Jack Smith holds up (that he is not authorized to represent the US government without Congressional approval), it would obviously be too late to help Navarro. But, wouldn’t the Biden admin owe him something?

  5. She pushed through the “Inflation Reduction Act”. A crooked multi-trillion $ green new deal scam that triggers more money to be printed and inflation to go up. Just one example of why Pelosi is a crook.

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