MILWAUKEE — Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro, released from prison Wednesday, condemned the Biden administration for what he called the “weaponization” of the justice system, even as he pledged to offer a message of national unity when he speaks to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
In his first interview since his release from a Florida prison for contempt of Congress, Navarro told The Associated Press he was just one example of what many on the right say is the Biden administration’s use of the judiciary to punish its political enemies.
“I’m a small part of the bigger issue,” Navarro said, referring to the oft-repeated claim by conservatives that, during President Joe Biden’s administration, the justice system has been used to hobble former President Donald Trump and those close to him. “If we don’t control the government, the government will control us,” Navarro said.