A former Trump adviser goes to prison for contempt of US Congress.

Pedro Navarroa former business consultant donald trump at the The White Houseentered prison this Tuesday in Miami (Florida) for refusing to testify before the Congressional panel investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on Capitolas confirmed by an AFP journalist.

On Monday, the president of Supreme Court, John Robertsrejected a last urgent appeal filed by the accused to avoid arrest.

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Navarro74 years old, was sentenced in January to four months in prison for two counts of disrespect for the Congress. He former advisor he refused for provide testimonies and documents to those investigating the alleged attempt to trump of subverting the results of the 2020 elections.

“Every person who took me along the way to this prison He’s a damn Democrat and he hates for trump”Navarro told the press before entering prison.

“I will go in there with pride and serve my sentence.”he added. “I will draw strength from this: Donald John trump “He is the candidate of the Republican presidential campaign.”

This economist trained in Harvard will be the first senior advisor to trump to spend some time behind bars for actions arising from the case of the last elections.

He is, however, the second close ally of the former president convicted of disrespect for the Congress for the defy commission subpoenas Chamber of Representatives.

Steve Bannon, one of the brains behind the presidential campaign of trump in 2016 and his victory, he was found guilty of the same thing as Navarro and condemned for four months of prison. But he remains free pending an appeal.

It was planned that trumpthe Republican candidate for the November elections, went to trial in washington on March 4 for conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

But that case was put on hold, awaiting the Supreme Court study the claim of trumpunder which he had criminal immunity as a former president.

The tall court will address this issue on April 25th.

O House of Representatives opened impeachment proceedings against trump due to riots by his supporters in Capitolbut was acquitted by Senate.

Source: Elcomercio

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