Peter Navarro, former advisor to former US President Donald Trump, said at the Republican convention in Milwaukee, hours after leaving prison for contempt of Congress, that they "aren't finished" with him, nor are they "going to finish with Trump".
Released from prison on Wednesday in Miami, Navarro appeared in Milwaukee, where Trump was also in public for the first time after the assassination attempt on Saturday, at a rally in Pennsylvania, where he was injured in the ear.
"They're not done with me and they're not going to be done with Trump," said Navarro, the second former Trump aide found guilty of failing to cooperate with the parliamentary committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Received with an ovation at the Republican National Convention, Navarro stated that he refused to "betray Trump to save his own skin", since some information could only be released with Donald Trump's authorization.
Navarro was convicted in 2023 on two counts of contempt of Congress for failing to present documents related to the investigations and for failing to testify before the commission investigating the aggression.
Congressional investigators wanted to collect testimony about actions after the 2020 elections, which were won by current US President Joe Biden, a Democrat.
Navarro surrendered to authorities on March 19 after failing to escape arrest while appealing his conviction. US Supreme Court Justice John Roberts denied the defense's request.
The first, in July last year, was the ultra-conservative Steve Bannon, also sentenced like Navarro to four months in prison.
"I went to prison so you don't have to," Navarro told the delirious crowd. "I'm your wake-up call," he stressed, raising his fist, just like Trump did on Saturday, when he was removed by the Secret Service from the rally where he was shot.
The convention, which began on Monday, continues today to formalize the candidacy of the Republican for the White House and the "number two" Ohio senator J. D. Vance.
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