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Peter Navarro: Appeals court rejects attempt to overturn conviction over January 6 subpoena
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Key Points:
- A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, unanimously rejected Peter Navarro’s attempt to overturn his contempt of Congress felony conviction related to defying subpoenas about the January 6 Capitol riot.
- The court ruled Navarro failed to prove that former President Trump directed him to ignore congressional subpoenas or formally asserted executive privilege on his behalf.
- Navarro was convicted in 2023 for refusing to testify and provide documents to the House Select Committee investigating the 2020 election interference and Capitol attack, and he has already served a prison sentence.
- The judges emphasized that Navarro unilaterally asserted executive privilege without presidential authorization and that both Congress and the executive branch under Biden supported his prosecution.
- Despite Trump’s widespread pardons for January 6-related defendants, Navarro and Steve Bannon have not been pardoned and continue to pursue appeals against their convictions.
