Peter Navarro resubmits appeal to stay out of prison to Gorsuch after already being rejected by Roberts [View all]

Source: Law & Crime

Apr 2nd, 2024, 5:02 pm


Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who served under Donald Trump, has asked Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch to perform an end-run around Chief Justice John Roberts over an unsuccessful late March bid to stay out of federal prison. As of Tuesday, Navarro is two weeks and a day into a four-month prison sentence for two counts of contempt of Congress. He was found guilty following a daylong trial in September 2023.

In January, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta sentenced the 74-year-old economist to prison time and a fine of $9,500 for repeatedly stonewalling congressional investigators working for the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

A series of lower court and appellate court appeals followed throughout February and March. Results were consistent and clear: Navarro could, of course, appeal his conviction and sentence — but he had to start serving that sentence when the courts instructed.

Navarro is now appealing his conviction from behind the bars of a lockup facility in Miami. Last month, he angled to remain free on bail while the appeals process fully plays out in a last ditch-direct appeal to the chief justice. But Roberts would not play ball. In a one-page letter dated Tuesday, Navarro’s attorneys ask Supreme Court Clerk Scott Harris to resubmit their emergency stay application with Gorsuch — who has a penchant for criminal justice reform and who often expresses sympathy for incarcerated people.

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