Trump hires Peter Navarro as White House adviser as he continues to build the administration

Trump hires Peter Navarro as White House adviser as he continues to build the administration

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is bringing Peter Navarro, a former aide who was in prison in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, back to the White House for his second term.

Navarro will serve as senior adviser on trade and manufacturing, Trump announced on Truth Social, his social media website.

Trump wrote that the position “leverages Peter’s broad range of experience in the White House while leveraging his extensive political analysis and media skills.”

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Navarro, a trade adviser during Trump’s first term, was held in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House Investigations Committee on Jan. 6. He was sentenced to four months in prison and described his conviction as a “partisan weaponization of the justice system.” .”

Shortly after his release, Navarro spoke on stage at the Republican National Convention in July, where he told the crowd, “I went to prison so you don’t have to.”

Trump also announced that he had asked Michael Whatley to serve as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Whatley led the committee during the election alongside Lara Trump, the wife of Trump’s son Eric.

Trump chose Daniel Driscoll as Secretary of the Army, Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator and Adam Boehler as Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs.

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