Appeals Court Upholds White House Adviser Peter Navarro's Contempt of Congress Convictions
The three-judge panel said Navarro failed to show Trump invoked executive privilege, leaving his two-count contempt conviction in place.
- On Tuesday, a D.C. appeals court upheld the contempt of Congress conviction against Peter Navarro, White House trade adviser, rejecting his challenge to a House Select Committee subpoena tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
- Navarro maintained that executive privilege shielded him from the committee's demands, but the court concluded he provided no documentation proving President Donald Trump or any designee actually invoked that authority.
- A three-judge panel unanimously rejected the appeal; Circuit Judge Patricia Millett, alongside Judges Nina Pillard and J. Michelle Childs, wrote that even if privilege had been invoked, it would not excuse Navarro's categorical failure to comply.
- Having already served a four-month prison sentence for the conviction, Navarro remains a White House adviser; the court's decision confirms his felony conviction stands despite ongoing legal challenges.
- Despite broad clemency for other allies, neither Navarro nor Steve Bannon has received a presidential pardon from President Trump, marking another failure for Trump advisers seeking to unwind legal fallout from the 2021 Capitol riot.
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President Donald Trump's economic advisor Peter Navarro has lost the appeal of his contempt of Congress charges, reported legal analyst and reporter Amee Vanderpool. Writing on her Substack "Shero," Vanderpool explained that the three-judge panel said that Navarro's appeal didn't hold up. Navarro penned a book after the first Trump administration "taking credit for devising a plan to 'leverage' the Vice President’s authority under the Electoral …
Appeals court uphold contempt of Congress conviction for Peter Navarro
A panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld Trump advisor Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro declined to comply with a subpoena to testify before the House Jan. 6 panel, leading the lower chamber to hold him in contempt. He was later convicted and spent time in prison, securing his...
Appeals Court Upholds Navarro's Contempt Conviction
Roll Call reports: A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a contempt of Congress conviction against Trump ally Peter Navarro tied to his defiance of subpoenas from the panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously upheld Navarro’s two-count contempt conviction for refusing to cooperate with the panel. Navarro, who is and was a senior couns…
Appeals court upholds White House adviser Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress convictions – UK Times
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld White House adviser Peter Navarro’s convictions for defying a subpoena for records from the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters. N…
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