Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro’s bid to stave off prison sentence

Published March 18, 2024 3:37 PM

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is due to report Tuesday to a federal prison for a four-month sentence, after being found guilty of misdemeanor charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Navarro has maintained that he couldn’t cooperate with the committee because former President Donald Trump had invoked executive privilege. Lower courts have rejected that argument, finding he couldn’t prove Trump had actually invoked it.

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