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Peter Navarro

American economist and author, Trump advisor (born 1949)

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Nov 18, 2025
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Did Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon go to jail for not testifying before congress?

Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon were each convicted of two counts of criminal contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas from the House Jan. 6 committee; both were sentenced to four months in jail, but...

Jan 6, 2026
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Who developed Project 2025 and key contributors?

Project 2025 was developed and directed by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, which assembled a large team of former Trump administration officials and conservative policy experts to...

Jan 22, 2026
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Who are the principal named architects of Project 2025 and what positions did they hold in government?

is a –led blueprint for a administration whose named architects include a mix of former Trump officials and conservative operatives; the most repeatedly identified figures in reporting are , , , , , a...

Jan 17, 2026

Who are the named Project 2025 authors and where have they been appointed across the current administration?

A significant number of individuals who authored or contributed to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 have been nominated, appointed, or confirmed to roles in the current Trump administration, inc...

Jan 12, 2026

Trump and his cabinet crimes

Donald Trump has faced multiple criminal convictions and indictments, and many people in his orbit — some of whom have been nominated to Cabinet or senior roles — have been charged, convicted, or pard...

Nov 5, 2025

did joe biden rig the votes

The claim that "Joe Biden rigged the votes" is not supported by credible evidence; multiple independent fact-checking organizations, academic analyses, and official investigations found no proof of wi...

Oct 20, 2025

trump is following project 2025

Donald Trump’s 2025 administration shows with the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 in personnel and some early executive actions, but public reporting also documents gaps and lacks a single smoking‑...

Jan 27, 2026

Did Trump get 90 trade deals done in 90 days?

The short answer is: no — the administration did not deliver 90 completed, implemented trade agreements in 90 days. Public reporting shows a handful of announced or framed pacts ( and Vietnam), , and ...

Jan 29, 2026

Is there a publicly available list of Project 2025 contributors and the government positions they later held?

Yes — multiple publicly available compilations identify people who contributed to and track which contributors were later nominated, appointed or confirmed to government posts — but there is no single...

Jan 28, 2026

who arthored project 2025 and are the white nationalists

is a roughly 900‑page conservative blueprint published and promoted by and authored and compiled by more than a hundred former administration officials and allied conservative think‑tank staffers, wit...

Jan 17, 2026

What is the historical track record of criminal contempt referrals from Congress and how often do they result in prosecution?

Criminal contempt referrals from Congress are a blunt tool that frequently end as political statements rather than criminal cases: since 2008 the House alone has held ten individuals in criminal conte...

Jan 16, 2026

Which specific Project 2025 policies have been implemented and who authored them?

Project 2025 — a nearly 900‑page conservative blueprint convened by the Heritage Foundation — has served as both a policy playbook and a personnel roster that the second Trump administration has used ...

Jan 27, 2026

How did the Department of Justice reassign or discipline prosecutors who led Jan. 6 cases after the 2025 clemency proclamation?

responded to ’s January 20, 2025, blanket clemency for nearly 1,600 by reassigning, demoting and in some cases removing or sidelining prosecutors who had led those investigations, even while the depar...

Jan 21, 2026

What impact did the Navarro and Bannon cases have on congressional subpoena enforcement and separation-of-powers debates?

The of and for refusing have strengthened one practical tool for enforcing congressional subpoenas by showing prosecutions can lead to guilty verdicts and prison sentences, while simultaneously sharpe...

Oct 29, 2025

How did House and Senate committee subpoenas and contempt votes affect Trump administration officials 2025?

House and Senate committee subpoenas and contempt votes in 2025 intensified legal and political friction between Congress and the Trump administration, producing contested enforcement battles, crimina...

Feb 6, 2026

Which Project 2025 contributors later took federal positions, and what roles did they assume?

A significant handful of people who contributed to later moved into senior roles in the federal government after the , occupying posts ranging from budget chief to agency heads and special advisers; r...

Feb 3, 2026

What other Jan. 6 subpoenas led to contempt charges and what were their outcomes?

Several high-profile targets of the faced contempt referrals, but only two were criminally charged by the —, who was convicted, and , who was indicted; other referrals such as and were voted for conte...

Jan 29, 2026

Who are the 20–30 most influential named contributors to Project 2025 and what chapters did they write?

names roughly 35 primary authors/editors across 30 chapters and credits hundreds more as contributors; multiple reviewers found that authored most chapters and that several named architects have since...

Dec 13, 2025

How have courts historically enforced subpoenas against high-profile political figures?

Courts have historically been an imperfect backstop for enforcing subpoenas against high‑profile political figures: Congress most often relies on civil enforcement, criminal contempt referrals, or pol...

Nov 16, 2025

Were any people arrested in Operation Arctic Frost and who were they?

Available reporting and released documents tied to the FBI’s “Arctic Frost” probe show extensive investigative activity — subpoenas, toll‑data checks on lawmakers, and scores of individuals and groups...