Appeals court denies Peter Navarro bid to rehear contempt challenge: ‘Always headed to Supreme Court’

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied White House trade adviser Peter Navarro’s request to rehear his contempt of Congress case, leaving the Supreme Court as his next avenue for challenging the conviction. The appeals court’s Friday order said no judge requested a vote on Navarro’s

The White House trade adviser asked the full federal appeals court in Washington to reconsider his case. It declined to do so.

The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) and #PayTheGrants, represented by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute, highlighted a ‘broken’ system characterised by a 33% database error rate (wrongful exclusion) and a 99% appeal rejection rate. They argued that these metrics serve as a ‘massive red flag’ indicating systemic