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Appeals court upholds White House adviser Navarro's contempt convictions
AP News • • nation
Key Points:
- A federal appeals court upheld Peter Navarro’s convictions for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack, rejecting his claim of executive privilege protection.
- The three-judge panel from the D.C. Circuit unanimously ruled that Navarro failed to prove that former President Trump had formally invoked executive privilege to shield him from complying with the subpoena.
- Navarro, a former White House trade adviser under Trump, already served a four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress related to refusing to provide documents and testimony.
- Navarro had publicly admitted to a plan to delay the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, and after his release, he spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention, continuing to appeal his conviction.
- The appeals court judges, appointed by Democratic presidents Obama and Biden, affirmed the ruling that Navarro’s noncompliance with the subpoena was unlawful despite his claims of executive privilege.
