Former White House adviser Peter Navarro has turned himself in to face a four-month prison sentence after the Supreme Court rejected his plea for reprieve.
The 74-year-old Navarro has become the first ex-White House official jailed for contempt of Congress. His conviction stemmed from his refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas related to the January 6 Capitol attack investigation.
The former White House trade adviser to former President Donald Trump will serve time in a Miami federal Bureau of Prisons satellite camp, where he’ll hear lions roar daily from a nearby zoo. He has been assigned to an 80-person dormitory reserved for older inmates in the Miami facility.
Navarro said he would appeal his conviction to the Supreme Court. “This is the partisan weaponization of our judicial system,” Navarro said.
