President-elect Donald Trump has appointed fellow convicted criminal Peter Navarro as his Senior Counsellor for Trade and Manufacturing. “I am pleased to announce that Peter Navarro, a man who was treated horribly by the Deep State, or whatever else you would like to call it, will serve as my Senior Counsellor for Trade and Manufacturing,” Trump posted to Truth Social. He noted that during his initial term, Navarro helped him “renegotiate unfair Trade Deals like NAFTA and the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), and moved every one of my Tariff and Trade actions FAST.”.

In an additional tweet, Trump noted that “the Senior Counsellor position leverages Peter’s broad range of White House experience, while harnessing his extensive Policy analytic and Media skills.” Navarro is a frequent guest on Fox News, Trump’s preferred propaganda outlet. “His mission will be to help successfully advance and communicate the Trump Manufacturing, Tariff, and TraNavarro would be the second convicted criminal chosen to serve in Trump’s new cabinet. On Tuesday, the president-elect announced that he has chosen Charles Kusher, the father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as the United States Ambassador to France. Kushner Sr. received a two-year prison sentence in 2005 after being convicted of unlawful campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering. He was a big donor to Trump’s 2016 campaign. Trump pardoned him in 2020.de Agendas.”

Navarro would be the second convicted criminal chosen to serve in Trump’s new cabinet. On Tuesday, the president-elect announced that he has chosen Charles Kusher, the father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as the United States Ambassador to France. Kushner Sr. received a two-year prison sentence in 2005 after being convicted of unlawful campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering. He was a big donor to Trump’s 2016 campaign. Trump pardoned him in 2020.

In January, Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison after being convicted of contempt of Congress when he ignored two congressional subpoenas for testimony and records relating to Trump’s efforts to overturn in 2020.

Trump has also allegedly considered awarding Navarro federal clemency if he wins the White House and returns to power. According to a Republican source, the president-elect reportedly quipped that even if Navarro were waterboarded, he would never “rat on him.”

Now that Navarro has been released, Trump is following through on his pledges, appointing another supporter to the highest levels of his cabinet.