Supreme Court Denies Peter Navarro’s Bid to Delay Prison Term

Published on March 18, 2024

The Supreme Court rejected former Trump White House aide Peter Navarro’s emergency petition to delay his prison sentence on March 18. The decision comes a day before Mr. Navarro is set to report to federal prison to serve out his four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena. In issuing the order, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said he had “no basis to disagree” with the appeals court ruling, though he added that the finding would not affect the outcome of Mr. Navarro’s appeal. Mr. Navarro was convicted in September on two counts of contempt of Congress after he failed to comply with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 select committee....