Peter Navarro Going to Jail But NOT For Killing People with Ventilators
— David Knight Show LIVE 9am EST, M-F (@libertytarian) March 19, 2024
Trump NEVER paid for Hydroxychloroquine or Ivermectin, but you won't believe how much he paid hospitals to kill people with ventilators. pic.twitter.com/JqPIQ09diE
So it turns out that Peter Navarro was in charge of the ventilator program. Huh. ProPublica says that "Peter Navarro, President Donald Trump’s director of trade and manufacturing policy, was the administration’s point man on the deal." With all of the badmouthing of the Obama administration, the Trump Administration comes along and pays 5x the amount for ventilators.
Under this new deal, ventilators that the Obama administration had agreed to buy for $3,280 each suddenly cost $15,000. When the deal was announced in April, neither HHS nor Philips would say how the more expensive ventilators differed from the cheaper ones.
Here is the August 7, 2020, Pro Publica article that Knight references.
The investigators reviewed thousands of pages of emails and other records obtained from Philips and concluded that “inept contract management and incompetent negotiating by the Trump Administration denied the country the ventilators it needed.” And the subcommittee’s report, which it shared with the inspector general’s office, named names: Peter Navarro, President Donald Trump’s director of trade and manufacturing policy, was the administration’s point man on the deal. In addition, Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, and HHS Secretary Alex Azar participated in calls with Philips’ executives.
But what is Navarro going to jail for? CNN reports that
Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison for his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House Select Committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack.
So he goes to jail for not complying with a subpoena. Not for killing thousands of people plugged into ventilators. Not for overcharging the American taxpayer for the ventilators. No. For not complying with a subpoena. Okay, American justice system.
