Peter Navarro

Peter Navarro, a former and current trade adviser to President Donald Trump, has faced two primary categories of legal and administrative controversy. In 1992, during an unsuccessful mayoral campaign in San Diego, Navarro paid $4,000 in fines and court costs for violating city and state election laws. Following his service in the first Trump administration, Navarro was indicted in June 2022 on two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to provide documents or testimony to the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. He was convicted on both counts in 2023, sentenced to four months in prison, and ordered to pay a $9,500 fine. He served his sentence in 2024. His defense, which relied on claims of executive privilege, was rejected by the courts because he failed to prove the privilege was formally invoked. Navarro has since pursued further legal action seeking to have the Justice Department explain why it reversed its position on the conviction.