Donald Trump’s former adviser Peter Navarro was released from federal prison in Miami on Wednesday and quickly headed for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Navarro, 75, was convicted of contempt of Congress after refusing to testify in the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 electoral loss to Joe Biden.
Prior to the RNC, organizers included Navarro on the list of speakers. Sources told ABC News he was expected to address the convention on Wednesday night, the same day he was released.
“I’m quite sure he’s happy it’s over and he’s now able to move on with his life,” Navarro’s prison consultant, Sam Mangel, told ABC News.
Navarro refused to testify in front of the House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack, claiming Trump had invoked executive privilege in the case. However, the judge said there was no evidence of that, and Navarro was quickly convicted and sentenced to four months in prison, a term he began serving in March at a minimum-security facility in Miami.
During his time behind bars, Navarro worked as a law library clerk, Mangel told CNN.
Navarro led the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy during his time at the White House, a position that has only existed during Trump’s presidency.
He is one of two ex-Trump administration officials to serve prison time for Jan. 6 and the events that preceded it. Steve Bannon, another right-wing Trump adviser, was similarly convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to testify. Bannon reported to a federal prison in Connecticut on July 1 and is expected to walk free on Oct. 29, days before the presidential election.
