Former Trump White Home adviser Peter Navarro has been ordered to report back to jail in Miami on March 19 to start his four-month sentence after he defied a subpoena from the Home Choose Committee that investigated the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Navarro was satisfied in September of two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to supply testimony and paperwork to the committee.
In response to court docket papers filed late Sunday evening by Navarro’s attorneys, he should report back to jail in Miami by March 19 at 2 p.m. ET.
“Dr. Navarro has now been ordered to report back to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, FCI Miami, on or earlier than 2:00PM EDT on March 19, 2024,” Navarro’s lawyer stated. “Accordingly, Dr. Navarro respectfully reiterates his request for an administrative keep.”
Navarro, who was not allowed to remain out of jail pending his enchantment, has been attempting to persuade a federal appeals court docket to remain his sentence whereas he makes an attempt to overturn his conviction.
In testimony throughout Navarro’s trial, former Jan. 6 committee employees director David Buckley stated the Home panel had been looking for to query Navarro about efforts to delay Congress’ certification of the 2020 election, a plan Navarro dubbed the “Inexperienced Bay Sweep” in his ebook, “In Trump Time.”
Navarro unsuccessfully argued that former President Donald Trump had asserted government privilege over his testimony and doc manufacturing.
In a press release issued in response to the order, Navarro known as his case “a landmark constitutional case that can ultimately decide whether or not the constitutional separation of powers is preserved, whether or not government privilege will live on as a bulwark towards partisan assaults by the legislative department, and whether or not government privilege will stay, as President George Washington pioneered, a vital instrument of efficient presidential decision-making.”
“That is value preventing for on behalf of all Individuals,” Navarro stated.
Navarro would turn into the primary former Trump adviser to report back to jail for actions associated to the Jan. 6 assault.