Ex-Trump aid Peter Navarro released from prison ahead of expected RNC appearance

WASHINGTON (TND) — Former Donald Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro was released from a Miami prison Wednesday after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoenafor documents and a deposition from the House Jan. 6 committee.

He is expected to travel to Milwaukee and appear at the Republican National Convention where his former boss was formally nominated to be the GOP's presidential nominee.

Before he reported to federal prison in March for a four-month sentence, Navarro called his conviction the “partisan weaponization of the judicial system.”

He has maintained that he couldn’t cooperate with the committee because the former president had invoked executive privilege. But the court rejected that argument, finding that Navarro couldn’t prove Trump had.

A federal jury found Navarro guilty on two counts of contempt in September after a four-hour deliberation.

Trump adviser Steve Bannon was also convicted of failing to comply with subpoenas and started serving a four-month sentence in Connecticut on July 1.

Navarro served as a White House trade adviser under Trump and later promoted the Republican's baseless claims of mass voter fraud in the 2020 election.

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Editor's note:The Associated Press contributed to this article.