The Washington Post reports:
A senior aide to Donald Trump will have to go to prison while he appeals his conviction for refusing to testify before Congress about his involvement in efforts to undo the results of the 2020 election.
Peter Navarro, a 74-year-old economist, “has not shown that his appeal presents substantial questions of law or fact likely to result” undoing the conviction or his four-month sentence, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Thursday.
Navarro can still ask the Supreme Court to rule in his favor, but such an intervention would be extremely unusual. He is required to report to a prison in Miami, Fla., by March 19, his attorneys said in a recent filing.
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BREAKING: THe D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has *denied* Peter Navarro’s bid to remain out of jail while he appeals his conviction for defying the Jan. 6 select committee. pic.twitter.com/cjUamntdHJ
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 14, 2024