A day before he's set to surrender and serve a four-month sentence in federal prison, former President Donald Trump's adviser Peter Navarro described himself as a MAGA martyr in an interview with Don Trump Jr.
"You're literally reporting to prison tomorrow ... and yet you're here and talking about MAGA principles for the next term," Trump Jr. said during an episode of his Rumble show "Triggered" Monday. "Just so people understand the kind of warrior you actually are."
And Navarro, who served in Trump's cabinet as a trade adviser, replied that he's fighting just like other American patriots who give everything for love of country.
"Men and women of America throughout our history have shed blood, lost their lives for the defense of this country, defense of what we stand for, defense of our values, defense of our Constitution," he said.
"And for me it's a much smaller sacrifice to be willing to go to prison, as I now have been ordered to do, to defend what is really one of the most important principles of the Constitution, which is the constitutional separation of powers."
Navarro was convicted of contempt of Congress for failing to appear before the congressional committee probing the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol.
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A last-ditch effort to get the Supreme Court to overturn his conviction failed on Monday and he is set to report to a federal prison Tuesday.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts declared he had "no basis to disagree" with the appeals court ruling that denied Navarro the right to remain free pending his appeal.
Navarro remains adamant that his decision to shun the committee based on his rationale that Trump had invoked executive privilege was sound.
Still, lower courts have rejected his argument.
Trump Jr. told Navarro that his selflessness is something to behold and he should be respected by those fighting to protect MAGA values.
"I wish we had a billion of you," he said.
Navarro said he hopes his conviction will "be a landmark constitutional case" and that it will one day expose "whether a partisan weaponized congress can attack a president with subpoena power."
