President Joe Biden's Department of Justice isn't stopping with just prosecuting former President Donald Trump.
According to Politico, they're also targeting his former trade adviser, Peter Navarro.
In a 20-page sentencing memo submitted to the court last week, Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Aloi argued that Navarro should serve prison time for ignoring a subpoena issued by the House Jan. 6 select committee.
She also believes Navarro should be subjected to a staggering $200,000 fine for his absence.
"The Defendant chose allegiance to former President Donald Trump over the rule of law," Aloi wrote.
The sentencing memo comes just before Navarro is scheduled for a sentencing hearing next week, which will take place in a federal courthouse. Aloi argued Navarro "thumbed his nose at Congressional authority" and would likely do so again to serve the "political interests of his allies and patrons."
BREAKING: The Biden government is seeking a jail sentence for Trump adviser Peter Navarro (@RealPNavarro) for contempt of Congress and Republicans are scratching their heads over Hunter Biden.
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Politico noted:
The prosecutor said Navarro summarily refused to aid the Jan. 6 committee’s investigation into the causes of the violent assault at the Capitol — including efforts by Trump to subvert the 2020 election and derail the transfer of power. Navarro worked with allies in Congress on a strategy to help slow Congress’ counting of electoral votes via a strategy that he and fellow Trump ally Steve Bannon dubbed “The Green Bay Sweep.”
Navarro, at the time, declined the subpoena and said he was protected by executive privilege.
Aloi argued that he wasn't able to provide proof that he was covered under executive privilige in her sentencing statement, writing:
"At no time did the Defendant provide the Committee with any evidence supporting his assertion that the former President had invoked executive privilege over the information the Committee’s subpoena sought from the Defendant, or otherwise challenge the Committee’s authority or composition."
She added, "The Court was left with only the Defendant’s fan fiction version of what the Defendant wished or hoped the former President might have wanted but left unsaid."
Navarro's lawyers responded, writing, "Dr. Navarro’s actions do not stem from a disrespect for the law, nor do they stem from any belief that he is above the law."
They added, "Rather, Dr. Navarro acted because he reasonably believed he was duty-bound to assert executive privilege on former President Trump’s behalf."