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Donald Trump's former top trade advisor Peter Navarro will have to remain in federal prison after the Supreme Court rejected his bid for release while he appeals.
The 74-year-old reported to the Miami Federal Correctional Institution in March to begin a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.
He started his stint behind bars after Chief Justice John Roberts rejected his eleventh hour bid to remain free.
Now the highest court in the United States has knocked down another bid to be released from the 80-man dormitory for older inmates.
Donald Trump 's former top trade advisor Peter Navarro will have to remain in federal prison after the Supreme Court rejected his bid for release while he appeals
His request to Justice Neil Gorsuch was referred to the whole court, who then denied it.
Navarro was found guilty of two counts of criminal contempt of Congress last year after he defied a subpoena to testify to the House January 6 committee investigating the Capitol riot.
He was sentenced to four month and given a $9,500 fine, but almost immediately appealed.
Navarro has argued that he was bound by executive privileged when he ignored the subpoena.
But the key issue the judge mentioned in court was that there was
