Ex-Trump official Peter Navarro predicts ‘mass deportations’ in second Trump term in new prison interview

Donald Trump’s jailed former trade adviser has warned of “mass deportations” should his former boss return to the White House, during an interview conducted from inside prison.

Peter Navarro, 74, is serving a four-month sentence at the low-security FCI Miami prison in Florida after he was convicted on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress.

Hewas charged in 2022 after he refused to provide testimony or documentary evidence when requested by the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

In the new interview Navarro conducted from behind bars via email with Semafor, he gave his predictions on the “unfinished business” that would be back on the table, should Mr Trump regain the presidency in November.

He told the outlet that Mr Trump would look to “restore our private sector supply chains and manufacturing back to US soil,” and claimed the country was “dangerously vulnerable” to foreign coercion in industries including defense, tech and pharmaceuticals.

“Trump will also quickly seal the border and begin mass deportations,” he said, in a published excerpt of the email exchange with Semafor.

“[President Joe Biden] has imported a wave of crime and terrorism along with an uneducated mass that drives down wages of Black, brown, and blue-collar Americans. Blacks and Hispanics, particularly males in the workforce, are flocking to Trump in droves.”

Navarro surrendered to authorities on 19 March to begin his jail sentence, though pleaded with the Supreme Court to release him just 15 days later.

His sentence came after refusing to appear in front of a bipartisan panel to discuss the plot to prevent the certification of the 2020 election results.

Navarro had referred to the plan as “Green Bay