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Molly White

“People have called me a prison concierge”

the mega-wealthy truly live in a different universe

Federal prison consultant Sam Mangel regularly fields requests from Peter Navarro, his client and former economic adviser to ex-President Donald Trump, to help other inmates navigate the legalities of their incarceration. It’s part of Mangel’s job advising mainly white-collar criminals on how to deal with life behind bars. He spent 20 months in prison after being charged in 2016 in an insurance fraud scheme, and now uses his knowledge of the prison bureaucracy to help inmates get into certain facilities, obtain coveted jobs while they are there, and nab spots in programs that can shave time off their sentence. Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison for defying subpoenas in the congressional probe of the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, and is serving time at a minimum-security facility in Miami. Given Navarro is 74, Mangel found him work at the air-conditioned law library there. “Peter is constantly sending me questions to answer for other inmates,” said Mangel, whose clients include politicians, high-profile crypto executives whom he declined to name, and doctors. “He is also teaching them about economics and politics.” Mangel, who is based in Florida, talked about his unusual job and how he helps the well-heeled try to make the best of their time in prison in the edited conversation below.
28 September at 15:43 | Open on hachyderm.io
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