Peter Navarro Can’t Avoid Prison as His Appeal Plays Out, Panel Rules
Peter Navarro had his last-gasp request to stave off prison time rejected by a federal appeals court on Thursday, placing the former Donald Trump aide one step closer to serving time for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee.
A three-judge panel ruled unanimously, writing in an order that Navarro failed to present “substantial questions of law” that might result in his conviction being overturned.
Navarro had been hoping to avoid prison time while he appealed his contempt of Congress conviction from January. Thursday’s ruling means he must surrender to a federal prison in Miami on Tuesday and spend four months behind bars, barring a last-second intervention by the Supreme Court.