EventJuly 21, 2026· Washington, D.C.

D.C. Circuit affirms Peter Navarro contempt judgment

On July 21, 2026, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed Peter K. Navarro’s two contempt-of-Congress convictions. The panel held that executive privilege must be invoked by a president or an authorized designee and upheld the district court’s finding that no such invocation occurred for the January 6 Select Committee subpoena. Navarro’s counsel stated that further appellate review was planned.

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D.C. Circuit Opinion — United States v. Peter K. Navarro, No. 24-3006

Official 37-page D.C. Circuit opinion, document ID 2184223, issued July 21, 2026, affirming Peter K. Navarro’s two contempt-of-Congress convictions arising from noncompliance with a House January 6 Select Committee subpoena. The official PDF was downloaded and verified at 274,971 bytes; SHA-256: 888ab2e55efaa06894e1eaf1f46ea5dc72c7b0a0e2594b7021aa62d535f44520. A persistent archive-controlled binary copy remains pending.

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