Former Trump adviser Navarro to be sentenced for contempt of Congress

Former U.S. President Donald Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro will be sentenced in Washington federal court on Thursday for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Federal prosecutors are seeking six months in prison for Navarro, writing in a court papers that he “chose allegiance to former President Donald Trump over the rule of law.” Navarro’s lawyers are asking for probation, arguing the former White House adviser “reasonably believed” that he did not have to cooperate with Congress because he thought Trump had invoked the legal doctrine of executive privilege, which shields some presidential records and communications from disclosure.