• Thales
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    Former President Donald Trump’s top White House trade adviser Peter Navarro was found guilty Thursday of two counts of criminal contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

    A jury in Washington, D.C., convicted the former Trump administration official following a trial that lasted just over a day. Navarro’s defense team called no witnesses.

    Sentencing is set for January, and Navarro faces a maximum of one year in prison and a fine of $100,000 for each count.

    Good, now do all the others.

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        Agreed, but only if it can happen before the orange shit-stain has a chance to run next year. If his name is put on the ballot, then removed due to disqualification (for insurance), the flurry of fat-ass, mouth breathing troglodytes with gun fetishes will be deafening spitting conspiracy theories and refusing, even more, to ignore the election results and turn the whole process into even more of a headache.

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      Not really, the guy is worth 5-6 million dollars so this won’t scare him at all. He will get a fine and pay it then go on his merry way

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        Is it an either/or on the prison time and fine? I read it as fine and min 30 days of time, going up to a year.

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          It’s a fine and possibly a year in prison for each count. But the judge can rule no jail time and just fines which is what I’m betting is what will happen.

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    Nothing is going to happen to any of these assholes.

    There’s a different set of rules for rich, white assholes.

    Disclosure: white and broke here.

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      Bannon got a prison sentence. But he’s out while waiting for his appeal, unlike broke folk. So he might see a consequence.

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    If he called no witnesses, I wonder of this is where secret Trump pardons begin appearing. It would certainly explain everyone’s eagerness to demand they be tried in Federal Courts.

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      You mean in case Trump wins back the presidency? Because you can’t do future pardons. The chance to pardon has passed, and that fuck isn’t getting the presidency again

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    He’d better get 2 yrs in jail and a $200k fine.

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    Do you think if he had testified, he would have also been indicted for Jan 6th crimes? Maybe it was strategic. Better to get a possible 2 year max prison sentence than what he could have gotten with RICO charges. I have no idea how involved he was with the insurrection though, it’s just a thought I had.

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      He could have availed himself of his 5th Amendment right. Would have made him look guilty in the public’s eyes, but he would have been no worse off legally. And now that he’s convicted of contempt, Congress could subpoena him again. Rinse and repeat.

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    OMG, we’re finally seeing some consequences (assuming the sentencing isn’t a slap on the wrist). It’s been so frustrating.