Ex-Trump Aide Navarro Says Government Doesn’t Want to Offer Plea Deal in Contempt Case

Former Trump aide Peter Navarro said the U.S. Department of Justice doesn’t want to offer him a plea bargain, as his trial on congressional contempt charges got underway.

Peter Navarro, former trade adviser to President Donald Trump, speaks to reporters as he departs U.S. District Court after he was indicted on two counts of contempt of Congress for his failure to comply with a subpoena from the House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington on June 3, 2022. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

As his trial on congressional contempt charges was underway on Sept. 5 in Washington, former Trump aide Peter Navarro said the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) doesn’t want to offer him a plea bargain.

“Let’s let the process play out here,” Mr. Navarro told The Epoch Times in a brief, exclusive interview outside the courtroom.