Peter Navarro

Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser to President Donald Trump, has faced two primary legal controversies: In 2020, the United States Office of Special Counsel ruled that Navarro repeatedly violated the Hatch Act by using his official capacity to influence the presidential election against Joe Biden. In 2023, a federal jury convicted Navarro on two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a 2022 House Select Committee subpoena related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Courts repeatedly rejected his claims that he was shielded by executive privilege, noting he provided no evidence that such privilege was formally invoked. Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison, which he served in 2024. An appeals court upheld his conviction in July 2026.