Trump White House advisor Peter Navarro has made one last ditch effort to avoid reporting to federal prison for his four-month term for convictions on contempt of Congress charges, appealing directly to the Supreme Court just like any other person would because there sure isn’t a two-tier justice system.
“For the first time in our nation’s history, a senior presidential advisor has been convicted of contempt of congress after asserting executive privilege over a congressional subpoena. Dr. Navarro has appealed and will raise a number of issues on appeal that he contends are likely to result in the reversal of his conviction, or a new trial,” Navarro argues. “Chief among them are whether an ‘affirmative’ invocation of executive privilege was required to preclude a prosecution for contempt of congress; what was required of former President Trump for a “proper” invocation of privilege; and whether such an invocation required, ‘personal consideration,’ [citation deleted] all questions of first impression.”