The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to save former Trump adviser Peter Navarro from serving his four-month prison term. Navarro has been ordered to report to prison on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court’s order came from Chief Justice John Roberts, who acted alone, though it is unlikely that there were serious objections from other justices.
In September, Navarro, who served as a trade adviser in the Trump administration, was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena for documents and testimony related to the January 6th attack on the capitol. He was sentenced in January to four months in prison.
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