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Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro begins serving prison sentence after historic contempt prosecution [Video]

Peter Navarro, an ex-White House aide to former President Donald Trump, has reported to a federal prison in Miami, making history as the first former White House official to be imprisoned for a contempt of Congress conviction.Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison for his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack.Before reporting to jail, Navarro spoke for 30 minutes at a gas station and called the case against him an “unprecedented assault on the constitutional separation of powers.”He claimed that the legal tactics that were used against him would be used against Trump: “I am pissed – that’s what I am feeling right now.”Navarro concluded: “God bless you all, see you on the other side.”His conviction was a rare example of a member of Trump’s inner circle being held accountable by the criminal justice system …

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