Peter Navarro, the ex-aide to former President Donald Trump who was indicted final week for contempt of Congress, mentioned in a letter Wednesday that he's dealing with points in placing collectively a authorized staff for his case.

Within the letter, which was obtained by Politico reporter Kyle Cheney and shared on Twitter, Navarro writes that as a result of he stays with out authorized illustration, the prosecution in his case put him at a "extreme drawback" because it started submitting motions and pushing for a "speedy" trial.

Navarro wrote that he's now "very actively searching for a authorized staff" however is dealing with "a lot of hurdles." He requested within the letter, which was addressed to Choose Amit Mehta, who's dealing with his case, that the prosecution stand down on additional motions till he can discover a authorized staff.

The Division of Justice on Friday introduced a federal grand jury's indictment for Navarro on two counts of contempt of Congress over alleged failure to adjust to a subpoena from the Home committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. It added a brand new layer to a monthslong saga that noticed the Home of Representatives maintain Navarro in contempt of Congress and refer him to the DOJ for prosecution after he cited "govt privilege" as his motive for defying the subpoena.

Navarro Struggling to Find Legal Team
Peter Navarro, the ex-aide to former President Donald Trump who was indicted final week for contempt of Congress, mentioned in a letter Wednesday that he's dealing with points in placing collectively a authorized staff for his case. Above, Navarro talks to the media as he leaves federal courtroom on June 3 in Washington, D.C.Drew Angerer/Getty Photos

Final week, after the indictment was introduced, Navarro advised reporters that he was planning to signify himself professional se, saying that he did not need to be "​​dragged down into the muck of spending a whole bunch of 1000's of dollars of my retirement financial savings on this type of enterprise," Yahoo! Information reported.

"I will consider my authorized technique in gentle of what has occurred with this, and there can be extra to observe," he added.

His letter to Mehta alerts a shift on this stance.

"My very freedom right here is at stake and I ask for the courtroom's understanding that it'll take time each to seek out the suitable illustration and time to develop an acceptable authorized technique," he wrote.

Navarro additionally talked about that his arrest got here a number of days after he filed a civil lawsuit towards the Home committee investigating the Capitol breach.

"I'll converse at a later date on the deserves of permitting this civil go well with to proceed previous to any prison prosecution of what's a extremely controversial and unprecedented case," he wrote in his letter.

If convicted on the contempt expenses, Navarro might see as much as a yr in jail and a nice of as much as $100,000 for every depend of contempt, the DOJ mentioned in a launch.

Newsweek reached out to Navarro for remark.