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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EXCLUSIVE: Peter Navarro Suffers Defeat — as Appeals Court Rules White House Advisers Can't Claim Executive Privilege Without President's Approval
An appeals court ruled Peter Navarro could not claim executive privilege without presidential approval, dealing the former Trump adviser another major legal defeat.
Peter Navarro's Appeal Rejected: What the Court's Ruling Means
A federal appeals court has upheld White House trade adviser Peter Navarro's criminal contempt of Congress convictions, rejecting his latest effort to overturn the case stemming from the House investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
By Katelyn Polantz, CNN A federal appeals court in Washington rejected Tuesday's attempt by President Donald Trump's adviser, Peter Navarro, to overturn his conviction for a serious crime of contempt of Congress.The unanimous opinion of three judges of the Washington Circuit Court of Appeals marks the most recent failure The post Peter Navarro, Trump's adviser, loses his appeal from the conviction for contempt of Congress related to January 6 ap…
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump Advisor Navarro’s Appeal of Jan. 6 Contempt Conviction
A federal appeals court in Washington ruled on July 21 against White House trade advisor Peter Navarro, upholding his criminal conviction for contempt of Congress. A federal jury convicted Navarro in 2023 on two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena. Navarro was indicted in 2022 for not honoring the subpoena from the Jan. 6 Select Committee that existed when Democrats controlled the U.S. …
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