Trump taps fresh-out-of-jail former adviser to help tank economy

Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he tapped Peter Navarro to serve as senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, making him the second person Trump picked for his administration that has served federal prison time.

Navarro, who served as a Trump trade adviser in the first Trump administration, was released from federal prison in July after serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena. Navarro—who pushed Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen—both refused to testify and supply documents to the now-defunct House Select Committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol.