Person of record
Peter K. Navarro
Senior counselor to President Donald Trump; person of record in January 6 committee litigation · Executive Office of the President
Peter K. Navarro served as a senior White House trade and manufacturing adviser during President Donald Trump’s first administration and returned as a senior counselor during the second administration. The House Select Committee investigating January 6 subpoenaed him for documents and testimony concerning subjects he had discussed publicly, including the strategy he called the “Green Bay Sweep.” Navarro declined to produce documents or appear for a deposition and maintained that executive privilege and separation-of-powers principles protected his position.\n\nOFFICIAL RECORD: A federal jury found Navarro guilty on September 7, 2023, of two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress under 2 U.S.C. § 192. On January 25, 2024, Judge Amit P. Mehta imposed concurrent four-month prison terms and a $9,500 fine. Navarro served the prison term and continued his appeal.\n\nAPPELLATE UPDATE — JULY 21, 2026: A unanimous D.C. Circuit panel affirmed the judgment. The court held that executive privilege must be invoked by a president or an authorized designee and concluded that the district court did not clearly err in finding no such invocation for Navarro’s subpoena. The panel also concluded that his categorical noncompliance covered material that could not have been privileged.\n\nNAVARRO’S POSITION: Navarro has consistently disputed the prosecution’s constitutional basis and argued that his case affects senior presidential advisers of both parties. After the ruling, his counsel stated that further appellate review was planned. This profile preserves both the official judicial record and Navarro’s attributed position without treating either legal outcome as a judgment of personal character.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:22-cr-00200-1 / 24-3006
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- Judge
- Amit P. Mehta; Patricia Millett (opinion for the appellate panel)
- Disposition
- Judgment affirmed by the D.C. Circuit on July 21, 2026; counsel indicated further appellate review was planned.
- Sentenced
- January 25, 2024
Charges
- Contempt of Congress — failure to produce subpoenaed documents (2 U.S.C. § 192)
- Contempt of Congress — failure to appear for subpoenaed deposition (2 U.S.C. § 192)
Sentence
Concurrent four-month prison terms on two contempt-of-Congress counts, plus a $9,500 fine.
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Evidence on file
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Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.
ruling · Jul 21, 2026
D.C. Circuit Opinion — United States v. Peter K. Navarro, No. 24-3006
Official 37-page appellate opinion 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.