President-electDonald Trumphas tapped fellow convicted criminalPeter Navarroto serve as his Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing.

Navarro is a frequent guest on Fox News, Trumps favorite propaganda channel.

His mission will be to help successfully advance and communicate the Trump Manufacturing, Tariff, and Trade Agendas.

Former Director of the US Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro gestures as he speaks during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. Days after he survived an assassination attempt Donald Trump won formal nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and picked Ohio US Senator J.D. Vance for running mate. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Peter Navarro speaks during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., on July 17, 2024.KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images

Navarro would become the second convicted criminal tapped to serve in Trumps incoming administration.

A generous donor to Trumps 2016 campaign, he waspardoned by Trump in 2020.

Navarrocalled the caseagainst him an act of terrorism, and likened his arrest to what happens in Stalinist Russia.