'If you’re not indicted, you’re not invited': Experts mock convicted Trump allies’ RNC appearances
Peter Navarro, a former aide to Donald Trump who recently completed his four-month prison sentence, was met with "a standing ovation lasting more than a minute" when he addressed the 2024 Republican National Convention crowd Wednesday, according to Rolling Stone.
Navarro served time "for defying a subpoena to testify to the House Jan. 6 Committee," the report notes. Rolling Stone report, "The crowd lustily applauded this convicted criminal when he insisted of his supposed persecution: 'They did not break me. And they will never break Donald Trump.'"
Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort also made an appearance at the convention Wednesday.
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Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis noted via X: "Manafort was pardoned by Trump after he was convicted of lying to tax authorities about tens of millions of dollars he earned as a political consultant in Ukraine, misleading banks about his financial health to get loans, conspiring to lobby illegally for Ukraine, laundering money to support a lavish lifestyle and tampering with witnesses. He was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison."
HuffPost senior politics reporter Igor Bobic reacted to Navarro and Manafort's appearances, writing, "Manafort, Navarro, Trump -- all convicted of crimes and at the GOP convention following their 'law and order' night."
Lawyer Bradley P. Moss commented: "The convicted felon convention."
David Frum, senior editor at The Atlantic, wrote: "Milwaukee 2024: If you're not indicted, you're not invited."
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Rick Wilson, a former Republican and co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, emphasized: "This crime wave must end."
