美国联邦上诉法院的三法官小组周二一致裁决，维持特朗普政府顾问彼得·纳瓦罗因无视众议院第6委员会传票而被定罪的决定。[1]
纳瓦罗因未遵守众议院委员会的传票而被控两项藐视国会罪。[1]2022年3月，委员会要求纳瓦罗交付文件并出庭作证，但他未予遵从。[1]2023年9月，华盛顿陪审团以两项藐视国会罪给纳瓦罗定罪。[1]
在上诉中，纳瓦罗声称他相信行政特权可以豁免他遵守传票的义务。[1]然而上诉法院认定，纳瓦罗无法证明特朗普援引了行政特权。[1]
纳瓦罗已因此罪服刑四个月，于2024年初报到迈阿密联邦监狱。[1]其律师表示将继续上诉。[1]纳瓦罗目前在特朗普第二任期内担任类似职务。[1]
A federal appeals court panel unanimously upheld the contempt of Congress convictions against Peter Navarro, a White House adviser in the Trump administration, on Tuesday [1]. The three-judge panel rejected Navarro's argument that he could not comply with a House committee subpoena because former President Trump had invoked executive privilege to shield him from the obligation [1].
Navarro was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress in September 2023 by a Washington jury after he refused to comply with a March 2022 request from the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot [1]. The committee had demanded that he produce documents and testify [1]. Navarro subsequently reported to a federal prison in Miami in early 2024 and has served four months in custody [1].
In a 2021 book, Navarro took credit for planning efforts to delay the certification of the 2020 presidential election results [1]. During his legal case, he claimed to believe that executive privilege could prevent him from honoring the congressional subpoena [1].
Navarro's attorneys indicated they plan to continue appealing the decision [1]. He currently holds a similar position in Trump's second term as White House adviser [1].