The aura ring im Arlette Saenz at the white house. And this is cnn trump allies, surrenders. Peter navarro becoming the first former white house official to be in prison for defying congress. What will his four months in . Isnt look like well talk to an expert on whitecollar crime and well discuss how the former president s legal problems may finally be catching up with him. And former top general in the hot seat on capitol hill as House Republicans hold a highstakes Election Hearing on the Biden Administrations botched withdrawal from Afghanistan Plus escaped from haiti, americans caught in the chaos consuming that country. Now, trying to flee. And just moments, were going to be joined by a Nonprofit Group working to bring them home. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central an infamous first for a once powerful trump ally this morning, donald prompts former white house trade adviser Peter Navarro arrived at a federal pris
i m sorry, albert let s get right into the headlines. a jury just hit donald trump with this record breaking penalty for lying about a sexual assault accuser. defendant trump, ordered to pay $83 million to the writer e. jean carroll. she is the victorious plaintiffs in this case, and right here you can see as she first walked out of court with her lawyers today. now we can tell you the jury deliberated from just under three hours, that is fast, and they dubbed trump a huge loss, which set its records, and shows a very costly miscalculation that he, an ongoing defendant made by, according to the court system, lying and defaming her again after a previous court victory. here are the numbers tonight, if you ve been watching the news, you may have seen some of this. i want to break it down for me. $18 million to compensate carroll, okay, that is what the jury found she should get for what she went through. and then that larger number, a massive $65 million to punish this defian
we are starting with a major development on the january 6th insurrection. a federal grand jury has indicted peter navarro for criminal contempt of congress. now navarro is one of president trump senior advisers and the indictment charged him with, get this, failing to provide testimony and documents of the house committee investigating the capitol riot. essentially, they charge him with blocking the committee for doing its work. after his arrest, yesterday, navarro pleaded not guilty in federal court. and then, he later had the nerve to call the january six committee a sham that s working inclusion with the white house. okay, now, this is even though peter navarro has been all over television, y all, including on this very network, okay, bragging about his war in the insurrection, essentially. it s kind of ridiculous. the co-chairs of the january six commission, they had some thoughts. basically they said it s great that the department of justice is holding peter navarro acco
contempt of congress for failing to appear after being subpoenaed in february, failing to appear and failing to turn over documents. joining me now, kristin welker, kimberly adkins and ashley parker. talk to me about the stunning new development. peter navarro as i was saying was more than the trade advisor. he was involved in covid-19. he was involved allegedly in a lot of the events leading up to january 6 and after january 6 to try to overturn the election. that s right, andrea. that s at the crux of this indictment. let me read you a little bit of this release, which lays out why the january 6 committee felt as though it was necessary to indict peter navarro. he is charged with one count of involving his refusal to appear for a deposition and another involving his refusal to produce documents despite a subpoena from the house select committee to investigate the january 6 attack. the committee said the documents, his testimony are critical to understanding the events tha
We are starting with a major development on the january 6th insurrection. a federal grand jury has indicted peter navarro for criminal contempt of congress. now navarro is one of president trump senior advisers and the indictment charged him with, get this, failing to provide testimony and documents of the house committee investigating the capitol riot. essentially, they charge him with blocking the committee for doing its work. after his arrest, yesterday, navarro pleaded not guilty in federal court. and then, he later had the nerve to call the january six committee a sham that s working inclusion with the white house. okay, now, this is even though peter navarro has been all over television, y all, including on this very network, okay, bragging about his war in the