Peter Navarro asks SCOTUS to keep him out of prison while he appeals conviction

Former Trump advisor Peter Navarro on Friday filed an emergency request to the Supreme Court asking that he be permitted to remain free while he appeals his conviction for contempt of Congress.

Navarro was convicted on contempt of Congress charges in September 2023 over his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 Committee. He was sentenced to four months in prison in January.

His attorneys specifically asked that the court pause a lower court decision denying his bid to stay free, arguing that "Navarro is indisputably neither a flight risk nor a danger to public safety should he be release pending appeal," according to CNN. They further indicated that he intends to "raise a number of issues" that could result in a new trial or reversal of his conviction.

The Supreme Court gave prosecutors until Monday to respond to Navarro's request.

The request follows a Thursday decision from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals insisting that he report to prison by March 19.

Navarro is not alone in facing the prospect of prison time over his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 panel. Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon, for his part, was convicted in 2022 on two counts, though his own sentence has been suspended pending appeal.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter.