OAN’s Avril Elfie
4:17pm – Monday, March 18, 2024
The Supreme Court has rejected former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s bid not to serve his prison sentence.
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The Supreme Court on Monday denied Peter Navarro’s request to stay out of prison. He will serve a four-month prison sentence for failing to respond to a parliamentary subpoena.
The court denied his request in a brief order issued by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Navarro had requested the Supreme Court’s intervention before arriving at a federal prison facility in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday.
In January, Navarro was found guilty of ignoring a subpoena issued by the commission on January 6 and sentenced to four months in prison.th.
In a letter Monday, Roberts said Navarro lost his right to remain free on bail while he appeals under the Bail Reform Act, according to the lower court ruling.
“This is the first time in our nation’s history that a senior adviser to the president has been found guilty of contempt of Congress after asserting executive privilege over a congressional subpoena,” Navarro’s lawyers said. ‘s defense team reportedly centered their argument on Navarro’s claim of administrative privilege. .
According to Roberts, the appeals court said Navarro “was required to appear before Congress and answer questions seeking information outside the scope of the claimed privilege.”
“We see no basis for agreeing with the finding that Mr. Navarro has waived these claims,” the chief justice added.
Navarro said his appeal “shows that his appeal presents significant questions of law and fact that are likely to result in a reversal, a new trial, or a sentence that does not include prison time or a lesser sentence.” ‘No,’ he has already served time in prison, plus the expected length of the appeals process,” a federal appeals court said last week, denying his request for a stay.
“You are not a victim,” U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta told Navarro at his sentencing in January. “You are not subject to political prosecution, you are not. You have received all the scheduled processes.”
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