Peter Navarro went on Steve Bannon’s podcast Monday and did something you or I would never be able to do. He used his White House adviser platform to demand that a federal prosecutor be fired. Not for misconduct. Not for corruption. For the unforgivable crime of prosecuting Peter Navarro.
Gage Skidmore (BY-SA) via wikimedia“Do me a favor, Steve,” Navarro said, the camera rolling. “Never mention her friggin’ name to me, because that woman still refuses to fire John Crabb, the prosecutor who was involved in putting you and me behind bars.”
Let that sink in. A man who works in the White House is on a podcast, on camera, calling for the head of the prosecutor who convicted him. And he’s not even embarrassed about it. He’s proud.
John Brighenti from Rockville, MD, United States (CC BY 2.0) via Wikimedia CommonsAssistant U.S. Attorney John Crabb did what prosecutors do. He brought a case. Navarro defied a congressional subpoena, got indicted, got convicted, and served four months. That’s not a conspiracy. That’s a paperwork trail with a sentencing hearing at the end. But in Navarro’s mind, the real criminal is the guy who stood up in court and said Navarro acted like he was above the law.
Funny how that works. You defy a subpoena, get convicted by a jury, go to prison, and somehow the prosecutor is the villain. Ask yourself who benefits from framing it that way. Not you. Not me. The guy who broke the law and wants you to forget he broke it.
Xuthoria (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia CommonsBannon, to his credit, tried to cut Navarro off. “Stop, we love Jeanine,” he said, referring