President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Peter Navarro will serve as “Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing” in his next White House term.
Navarro, 75, will be tasked with helping to “successfully advance and communicate the Trump Manufacturing, Tariff, and Trade Agendas,” Trump wrote in a pair of Truth Social posts revealing the pick.
Navarro was previously a top trade aide for Trump during his first term.
The selection came less than five months after Navarro’s release from prison.
He served a roughly four-month sentence in a federal facility in Miami for defying a congressional subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. He was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress.
Hours after his release on July 17, Navarro spoke at the Republican National Convention.
Trump in Wednesday’s posts said, Navarro “was treated horribly by the Deep State, or whatever else you would like to …