Ex-Trump White Home official convicted of contempt should report back to jail, appeals courtroom finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals courtroom denied Trump White Home official Peter Navarro ‘s bid to stave off his jail sentence on contempt of Congress fees Thursday.

Navarro has been ordered to report back to a federal jail by March 19. He argued he ought to keep free as he appeals his conviction for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

However a three-judge panel of the federal appeals courtroom in Washington, D.C. disagreed, discovering his attraction wasn’t prone to reverse his conviction. His attorneys didn’t instantly return messages looking for remark, however have beforehand indicated he would attraction to the Supreme Court docket.

Navarro was the second Trump aide convicted of contempt of Congress charges. Former White Home adviser Steve Bannon beforehand acquired a four-month sentence however a unique choose allowed him to remain free pending attraction.

Navarro was discovered responsible of defying a subpoena for paperwork and a deposition from the Home Jan. 6 committee. He served as a White Home commerce adviser below then-President Donald Trump and later promoted the Republican’s baseless claims of mass voter fraud within the 2020 election he misplaced to Democrat Joe Biden.

Navarro has stated he couldn’t cooperate with the committee as a result of Trump had invoked government privilege. U.S. District Choose Amit Mehta barred him from making that argument at trial, nonetheless, discovering that he didn’t present Trump had truly invoked it.