Peter Navarro is one name that is doing the rounds in the news because of his contempt of Congress, not once, but twice. The former trade adviser to Donald Trump has been infamously named for planning the coup for Trump.
He is named for attempting to make some changes in the Presidential Election results and trying to overturn the elections for Joe Biden in January of 2022. The elections that happened in 2020 saw Joe Biden as the clear winner of the elections.
Federal prosecutor Elizabeth Aloi had some shocking words to say in her closing statement. The words clearly named Navarro as the man behind the January 6th incident. Navarro had refused to comply with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6th Committee.
The defendant chose allegiance to former President Trump over compliance with the subpoena. That is contempt. That is a crime.
Elizabeth Aloi made the statement in front of 12 jurors Thursday. MSNBC’s Ari Melber interviewed him and he shared the details with the reporter on how he planned the entire action. He planned a way to delay Congress from certifying Democratic President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.
The plan was simply this: We had over 100 congressmen and senators on Capitol Hill ready to implement the sweep. The sweep was simply that. We were gonna challenge the results of the election in the six battleground states. They were Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada.
And basically, these were the places where we believed that if the votes were sent back those battleground states and looked at again, that there would be enough concern amongst the legislatures that most or all of those states would decertify the election.
That would throw the election to the House of Representatives. And I would say to you here, Ari, that all of this, again, was in the lanes, legally. It was prescribed by the Constitution. There is a provision to go – rather than through the Electoral College – to the House of Representatives. And all this required was peace and calm on Capitol Hill, and at 1 pm., Ted Cruz, Senator Ted Cruz and [Paul] Gosar, a representative started the Green Bay Sweep beautifully, challenging the results of Arizona.
Former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon got convicted last year on two counts of contempt of Congress which he is currently appealing against and waiting for a decision. Navarro faces up to one year in jail for each count and a minimum of 30 days behind bars for each count. His sentencing is scheduled for Jan 12, 2024.
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