Peter Navarro seeks to leave the country after his criminal conviction
Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro was recently convicted for contempt of Congress, and is awaiting his prison sentencing. Now Navarro is suddenly telling the court that he needs to leave the country for what he claims is medical treatment.
Why would Navarro need to go overseas to get medical treatment? That’s the question the court is going to be asking, presumably while fighting off the urge to bust out laughing, as it rejects his request. Legal expert Katie Zhang reacted to Navarro’s request with “Yeah, that’s gonna be a “no”.”
This doesn’t mean Peter Navarro is trying to flee the country. In fact that would be pretty odd, given that he’s looking at perhaps four months in prison for the contempt conviction. But it underscores that Trump world people like Navarro really don’t understand that it’s over for them. Navarro is a convicted criminal on his way to prison. He doesn’t get to leave the country just because he feels like it.
It’s also worth keeping in mind that Peter Navarro may not be done getting criminally charged. He and Steve Bannon played a key role in formulating Donald Trump’s plot to overthrow the 2020 election. Jack Smith’s criminal probe is ongoing, and right now Navarro has got to be worrying that he could get caught up in it.
