The 2024 Republican National Convention is certain to be packed with intense anticipation and inspirational moments, but one speech in particular is sure to be the subject of great curiosity.
As the Daily Caller reports, former Trump administration adviser Peter Navarro is poised to address the convention after heading straight from Milwaukee from a federal prison in Florida, where he has been held for several months.
A former trade advisor to then-President Trump, Navarro is set to depart Miami for Wisconsin on Wednesday, allowing him to speak at the convention sometime before its conclusion on Thursday.
Navarro has been imprisoned as a result of his conviction for defying a subpoena from the now-defunct House Select Committee that investigated the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
Previously commenting to the Daily Caller on his conviction and subsequent incarceration, Navarro said, “Lawfare is real. Lawfare is wrong...We're not supposed to act like Communist China or a Banana Republic. But that's the growing perception of our justice system.”
“I'm in prison not for any crime but rather as a matter of honor and duty for defending the constitutional separation of powers,” he explained.
Though the Justice Department wanted Navarro to spend at least six months behind bars and pay a fine of $200,000, he was ultimately sentenced to four months and a $9,500 fine, which he still believes was inappropriate, given the circumstances of his conduct.
According to Navarro, the popular “Club Fed” characterization of prison for folks like him is an inaccurate one, and he noted the harsh conditions he experienced during his time in custody.
“It's a dangerous place health-wise. The low-protein, high-carb, no-fresh-vegetable diet exacerbates problems like diabetes, colon cancer, and heart disease,” Navarro observed.
He went on, “I'm fortunate I don't take any medicines, because prescription drugs are in short supply at the daily 'pill line,' and a lot of inmates needlessly suffer from symptoms that their prescription drugs would otherwise ameliorate.”
“I'm among about 200 inmates in close dorm quarters -- a new strain of COVID hit a few weeks ago and spread like wildfire,” Navarro continued.
Now that his term of incarceration is coming to an end, it appears that Navarro has a packed agenda ahead of him that includes a crusade he hopes will reach the U.S. Supreme Court and the launch of a new book, as the Washington Examiner reports.
Navarro is aiming to convince the Supreme Court to “formalize a decades old Justice Department policy of not compelling presidential aides to testify before Congress,” in what he calls a critical separation of powers case.
The former government official is also hoping to pursue a broader objective, stating, “I want to be crystal clear here. Neither I nor Donald Trump seek retribution against our political enemies. Yet, it is critically important that all of those who have engaged in the political persecution of Donald Trump and a large cadre of his political legal, and policy advisers be held accountable for their actions,” and this week's speech in Milwaukee may serve as his first major salvo in that battle.
