Trump’s convention notably downplays Jan. 6 and his lies about election fraud

MILWAUKEE (AP) — As the Republican National Committee moves into its final day Thursday, the loudest applause for a speaker not named Trump so far has been for a previously little-known economist who served as a trade adviser to the former Republican president.

Peter Navarro came to the convention stage straight from Florida on Wednesday, the day he was released from a four-month federal prison sentence for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 Committee.

Navarro was one of Trump’s advisers who urged Trump to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject electoral college votes for Joe Biden on Jan. 6, 2021 in a last-minute bid to stay in office. Pence’s refusal to act unlawfully helped spur Trump’s defiant speech on the ellipse the morning of Jan. 6, and the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol by the president’s supporters.

“Now here’s the most important thing I’m going to tell you,” Navarro said to the crowd as he complained of “lawfare jackals” pursuing him for his defiance of Congress. “You may think this’ll never happen to you. Uh-uh, they’re already coming for you.”

Navarro’s appearance was the rare mention of what have become a staple of Trump’s campaign but not his convention — the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and Trump’s lies about widespread voting fraud costing him the 2020 election.

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