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January 26, 2024

Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Sentenced to 4 Months for Defying Congressional Subpoena
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A federal judge sentenced former Trump adviser Peter Navarro to four
months in prison Thursday for contempt of Congress, after he defied a
subpoena from the House select committee investigating the January 6
insurrection. Judge Amit Mehta told Navarro that citing "executive
privilege" is not a "magical incantation" or "get-out-of-jail-free
card."

In other Trump news, closing arguments are being delivered today in his
second defamation trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. This trial
will determine whether Trump owes Carroll more damages on top of the $5
million a jury awarded her last year after finding Trump sexually abused
her in the 1990s and later defamed her. The former president briefly
took the stand yesterday but was shut down after refusing to stick to
yes-or-no answers as ordered by the judge.


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