The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro's bid to stay out of prison while appealing his conviction.
The Thursday ruling affirmed the trial judge's ruling last month that Navarro's appeal does not raise a “substantial question of law” and therefore doesn't warrant his release.
The Hill has more:
The federal appeals court also found that for Navarro's arguments on executive privilege to raise substantial questions, it would have required former President Trump to have invoked said privilege — which the court said “did not happen here.”
“Even if executive privilege were available to appellant, it would not excuse his complete noncompliance with the subpoena,” the appeals court wrote in a two-page order. “Appellant makes no claim of absolute testimonial immunity, nor could he.”
“A properly asserted claim of executive privilege would not have relieved him of the obligation to produce unprivileged documents and appear for his deposition to testify on unprivileged matter,” the court order continues.
Navarro, 74, was convicted last year on two counts of contempt of Congress. He was sentenced to four months in prison.
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