A panel of federal appellate judges expressed skepticism Thursday about Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s effort to toss his contempt of Congress conviction for refusing to provide documents and testimony to the select House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
At oral arguments, three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit repeatedly questioned Navarro’s argument that he did not have to appear or provide documents because he invoked executive privilege on behalf of then-former President Donald Trump.
At the time of his 2023 conviction, Navarro was not working for the White House. He had served as a presidential adviser and director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy at the White House during the first Trump administration. Navarro currently is a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing.
