Peter Navarro will return to the White House as Trump's senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, the president-elect confirmed Wednesday.

"During my First Term, few were more effective or tenacious than Peter in enforcing my two sacred rules, Buy American, Hire American," Trump said. "He helped me 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."

Navarro spent four months in jail this year on contempt of Congress charges over his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 Committee. 

He left custody in time to speak at the Republican National Convention and Trump previously expressed interest in having Navarro return in some capacity.

In making the announcement, Trump commented that Navarro "was treated horribly by the Deep State."