Supreme Court denies Peter Navarro's bid to stay out of prison
The Supreme Court rejected a bid by former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro to avoid reporting to prison to serve a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro to avoid reporting to prison to serve a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena.
Chief Justice John Roberts issued the brief order.
Navarro had asked the Supreme Court to intervene ahead of his arrival Tuesday at a federal Bureau of Prisons facility in Miami. He was sentenced to four months of incarceration in January following his conviction last year for defying the House Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena.
Peter Navarro, former director of the White House National Trade Council, departs after speaking during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 24, 2024.Alex Brandon / AP fileRoberts wrote Monday that a lower court had found Navarro had forfeited any request to remain on bail pending his appeal under a law called the Bail Reform Act.
Navarro's arguments were related to his claim of executive privilege, with his lawyers saying it was “the first time in our nation’s history” that “a senior presidential advisor has been convicted of contempt of Congress after asserting executive privilege over a congressional subpoena.” Roberts noted the court of appeals said Navarro was "still obligated to appear before Congress and answer questions seeking information outside the scope of the asserted privilege."
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