Federal prison consultant Sam Mangel confirmed to The Tennessee Star on Tuesday that former Trump administration trade adviser Peter Navarro will serve just 90 days of his four-month sentence, and will complete the prison term at part of the minimum security satellite camp of the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Miami reserved for older inmates.
In a Tuesday phone conversation, Mangel contradicted previous reporting by The New York Times that claimed Mangel “said he was working to get Mr. Navarro into a unit devised for inmates over age 60 in a minimum-security satellite camp in the prison.”
Mangel instead told The Star that Navarro was immediately assigned to part of the minimum security camp at FCI Miami for inmates over age 60 upon surrendering to the facility on Tuesday.
While Navarro (pictured above) was sentenced to four months, Mangel also confirmed to The Star that the previous advisor to former President Donald Trump will spend just 90 days in the FCI Miami minimum security camp.
Asked about Navarro’s surrender, Mangel said, “He went in there very strong and prepared.”
Mangel told The Star he represents other January 6 defendants, though described his services as “more limited” in those cases “due to the nature of their charges.”
The prison consultant confirmed public reporting that January 6 defendants generally describe their treatment by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) as “harsh.”
“Harsh. That’s what I’ve heard, that’s public information,” said Mangel, though he conceded, “Nobody likes being in prison.”
Mangel said of his clients who are January 6 defendants, “My clients are prepared, very well prepared for what they’re getting into, and we try to help them make the best of it to get out as quickly as possible.” He added, “Usually they’re young kids.”
D.C. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta sentenced Navarro to four months in federal prison, who went on to deny Navarro’s appeal to stay the sentence pending his appeal of the conviction. An appellate court and the U.S. Supreme Court eventually joined Mehta in denying the appeal.
The former White House trade adviser was convicted of failing to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify before the House January 6 Committee.
In remarks delivered before surrendering at FCI Miami on Tuesday, Navarro said he was not “nervous” but rather “afraid for this country.”
He explained, “If they can put me in prison, they can put you in prison.”
Peter Navarro:
"I'm not nervous. I'm afraid for this country." pic.twitter.com/wvWvrqXTHH
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 19, 2024
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Georgia Star News, The Virginia Star, and the Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Background Photo “FCI Miami” by Federal Bureau of Prisons.Â
