Overview

• Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress after refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
• Navarro argues that the sentencing violates the Constitution’s separation of powers and interferes with the ability of executive privilege to provide effective presidential decision making.
• Navarro, 74, believes his four-month prison sentence is effectively a 'death sentence' and plans to appeal his case to the Supreme Court.
• Navarro claims that the sentencing is part of a larger effort to put former President Donald Trump in prison.
• Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser, was also sentenced to four months in prison on similar charges, but has yet to serve time pending his appeal.