A federal judge in Washington on Thursday denied former Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s request to stay out of custody during his attempt to overturn his conviction and four-month prison sentence on two charges of contempt of Congress.
Navarro made the request to Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after a sentencing hearing last month.
Mehta, in his ruling Thursday, said Navarro’s arguments didn’t meet the legal standard — an appeal containing a “substantial question” — to remain free while the legal process played out.
