Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro's bid to stave off prison sentence

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 5:52 PM EDT, March 18, 2024


WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction.

Navarro is due to report Tuesday to a federal prison for a four-month sentence, after being found guilty of misdemeanor charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He had asked to stay free while he appealed his conviction.

Navarro has maintained that he couldn’t cooperate with the committee because former President Donald Trump had invoked executive privilege. Lower courts have rejected that argument, finding he couldn’t prove Trump had actually invoked it.

The Monday order signed by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who handles emergency applications from Washington, D.C., said he has “no basis to disagree” with the appeals court ruling, though he said the finding doesn’t affect the eventual outcome of Navarro’s appeal. His attorney Stanley Woodward declined to comment.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-peter-navarro-contempt-congress-jan6-7af440e57cb6d611257216531099c77a

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Maybe Navarro's bribe wasn't big enough.

[bluestarone]

2. THIS makes me so HAPPY!!

About time. one more goes to jail!!

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Glad you are happy

Some bounce for ya -

[bluestarone]

4. How about a double bounce back at ya!!

[BumRushDaShow]

6. That triggered a seismometer somewhere!

[bluestarone]

7. Oh WOW! that is funny!!!

[Marcuse]

5. The transferable skills of a trade advisor could give him an edge in the prison barter economy.

[Kennah]

17. The job is filled, but talk to Red

[machoneman]

8. Save us the money Peter, commit hari-kari and end your madness!

[Kennah]

18. Only needs a window

[Prairie Gates]

9. We were assured there were Serious Constitutional Issues

Another faceplant from the Lawyer Brigade.

[question everything]

10. The audacity to think that SCOTUS would even consider his appeal

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. The Subversive, Corrupt Court of the U.S. considers Navarro useless to their goals.

[Ray Bruns]

12. The irony is if he had just gone and served his sentence he probably be out by now

[BlueKota]

13. Glad they refused to halt his prison sentence,

but too little too late to change my opinion that 6 of them are still lowlife, sleaze bucket partisan hacks who bow to the evil orange.

[republianmushroom]

14. Enjoy your stay, Peter.

[pfitz59]

15. He can alwsys turn state's evidence against the head MAGAt.

Might earn him a stay.

[Emile]

16. Today is the day he reports to prison.