THE DAILY BEAST
Peter Navarro, the former White House adviser to Donald Trump, has been ordered to report to a prison in Miami on March 19 at the latest after being handed a four-month sentence following his conviction on contempt of Congress charges.
Economist Navarro, who was convicted last year for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee, could now become the first former Trump official to be imprisoned over crimes relating to efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. In a filing late Sunday to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, his attorneys have now revealed that he could be locked up by next Tuesday.
“Dr. Navarro has now been ordered to report to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, FCI Miami, on or before 2:00PM EDT on March 19, 2024,” they wrote. “Accordingly, Dr. Navarro respectfully reiterates his request for an administratively stay… Should this Court deny Dr. Navarro’s motion, he respectfully requests an administrative stay so as to permit the Supreme Court review of this Court’s denial.”
Navarro, 74, was subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 committee in Feb. 2022, with the House panel seeking testimony about the events that led up to the Capitol riot. Navarro refused to comply, citing executive privilege. After being convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress in September, Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison in January and also ordered to pay a $9,500 fine.
