Court security officer testifies after ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro moves for mistrial following guilty verdict
A court officer testified before the judge in Trump adviser Peter Navarro's contempt of Congress case, after Navarro moved for a mistrial following his guilty verdict. In a rare post- trial hearing, a court security officer testified before the judge overseeing former Trump adviser Pet er Navarro's contempt of Congress case, after Navarro's attorneys moved for a mistrial . Navarro, who under Donald Trump was director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, was found guilty last week of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena issued in February 2022 by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. After the verdict, Navarro's attorneys moved for a mistrial on the grounds that the jury exited the building before returning a verdict, and that they may have seen protesters while outside. MORE: Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro found guilty of contempt of Congress Rosa Torres, the court security officer who escort...