Former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro has been ordered to jail this month, his lawyers said in a court filing, potentially making him the first person in the former president’s administration to do so in an effort to overturn a 2020 defeat. senior member.
Navarro, a former trade adviser to Trump, will be indicted on March 19 for defying a subpoena from a U.S. House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, his lawyer revealed in a court filing. Started serving four months in prison. late Sunday.
They asked the federal appeals court in Washington to stay the sentence while Navarro appeals his conviction. His defense team said they would ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene if his request is denied.
Navarro is 74 years old He was found in contempt of Congress last September for refusing to turn over documents or give interviews to a Democratic-led House committee investigating the Capitol riot, an attempt by Trump supporters to overturn Trump’s 2020 election victory failed failed attempts. He was sentenced in January.
Navarro, a China hawk who has also advised Trump on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, claimed that Trump invoked the legal doctrine of executive privilege, which protects some presidential records and communications are not disclosed.
A federal judge found that Trump had not previously invoked the privilege.
Trump’s onetime top strategist Steve Bannon was also sentenced to four months in prison for defying a Jan. 6 panel subpoena, but a judge allowed him to remain free while he appeals.
