Former Trump trade advisor, Peter Navarro proudly proclaimed after he was arrested last
Friday that he would be representing himself because of course he doesn't wanna blow his
retirement on a bunch of pricey lawyers.
I mean, just six days ago, six days ago, this is what he said to the, to the press.
I'm representing myself pro se because I do not wanna be dragged down into the muck of
spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of my retirement savings on this kind of venture.
I'm going to evaluate my legal strategy in light of what has happened with this.
And there will be more to follow.
And then yesterday we found out what of course was more to follow.
Peter Navarro came out, sent a letter to the court and said, Hey judge, this isn't fair.
I haven't had time to find a legal team yet.
You guys are moving forward with this.
The, the prosecutors are already trying to file motions and I don't even have a lawyer.
And this is so unfair.
Let me read the statement that he sent to the court.
At this point, I will remain without legal representation and the prosecution has already
begun to file motions.
Despite my request for delay in this vacuum, the prosecution is placing me at a severe
disadvantage.
I note in this regard that the prosecution is also pushing very hard for a speedy trial
as part of its strategy to exploit the unrepresented.
This issue came up with the magistrate.
I remind the court that upon my arrest, the FBI agent in charge refused to allow me to
contact an attorney for legal advice prior to appearing before the magistrate, despite
repeated requests, and then tried to cover his tracks by providing a public defender
a mere three minutes before the hearing was scheduled to begin this, put me at a severe
disadvantage at the outset.
In this particular regard, I asked the court to investigate this particularly egregious
breach of due process.
Confirm my allegations, provide me with the FBI's rationale for taking such an egregious
step and take actions in this matter as appropriate.
In other words, I made a big mistake because I'm not a lawyer, right?
Peter Navarro, not a lawyer.
He has a PhD in economics, right?
He does have the advanced degrees, but none of them in law.
So yeah, this economist who thinks he knows about money, but was a horrible trade advisor.
So clearly he's not that great, uh, was like, nah, screw it.
I'll just represent myself.
Y'all don't need to worry about that.
But then of course, when he realized these charges are gonna stick, he's like, oh crap,
I gotta hire legal team.
So of course he did what every good conservative does.
He went whining to conservative media, trying to raise money so that he could hire lawyers
that were actually worth a dam.
And here he is talking with sub goca about how people can help support him, basically
begging them for money.
Take a look.
I mean, it's just, I mean, this is so wrong.
Seven, this book taking back Trump's America, help me please.
I'm looking at a half a million dollars in legal expenses, according to some legal experts
or more, this could go to a million.
I've gotta raise that money.
I, I, I can't kill my retirement by, by defending this, this, these baseless charges taking
back Trump's Samaria, please go to Amazon right now.
Or that book, the book, the book can be.
So yes, he's not setting up a legal defense fund.
He doesn't have a GoFundMe or Venmo or anything like that.
Cash app that he can send out, no instead go buy his book.
You know, because then eventually the proceeds are gonna trickle down to him.
You know, it's a very long process by the way, for that to happen, but either way buy
his book and then he can afford all the best lawyers in the world, cuz it's not fair that
he would have to spend his own money, you know, to fight back these charges that are
100% because he refused to comply with the subpoena.
You literally did make the choice to break the law.
You knew the consequences of it.
And now you're whining about how expensive that is our care, not for your crocodile tears.
Mr. Navarro, you did this to yourself.