Under the headline “The White House to the Big House,” with the subhead, “Felons present and pardoned in Trump-world,” the controversial former CBS News anchor hitRather’s hook was the jailing of former Trump economic aide Peter Navarro this week for refusing to appear beforeto discuss the events of Jan. 6, 2021. He was subsequently convicted of contempt of Congress and is in jail pending an appeal.
Rather also focused on the reported return to the Trump inner circle of 2016 campaign manager Paul Manafort who was jailed in a drawn-out tax case. Forgive my language, but this stood out to me: As Peter Navarro entered prison, he told reporters, “I’m pissed.” No doubt a similar sentiment many felt when he refused to tell investigators what he knew about the plot to overthrow the 2020 election.“The commonality between Manafort and Navarro is, as they say in prison parlance, they never ‘ratted out’ the boss,” said Rather on his substack,Rather, 92, followed Walter Cronkite into the top CBS News job in 1981. He left in 2004 after his negative reporting on former President George W. Bush’s military service was debunked.
He suggested this week that Trump’s legal problems and his association with felons could hurt his chances to win over independent voters., George Papadopoulos, Roger Stone, Rick Gates, or any other former Trump confidant with a prison sentence in their past,” Rather wrote. “For the country as a whole, it reflects the sad reality of present-day politics. Regardless, at