CNN —
The swift conviction of Donald Trump’s former trade adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress sent two warnings to the multiple co-defendants in the ex-president’s approaching criminal trials.
The first is that nobody, not even former White House big shots claiming to be empowered by presidential authority, is above the law.
The second is that loyalty to Trump can be hazardous and often gets those who show it cross-wise with the law.
Navarro was convicted on Thursday for not complying with a subpoena from the House select committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. That panel doesn’t