A federal appeals court Thursday denied a bid by Peter Navarro, a former adviser in Donald Trump’s White House, to stay out of prison while he appeals a conviction for contempt of Congress.

Navarro, 74, was ordered to report to federal prison in Miami by Tuesday to serve a four-month sentence following his conviction in September on two contempt counts for defying a subpoena issued by the Democrat-led House committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021.

Navarro could become, according to The Washington Post, the first person imprisoned for defying a congressional subpoena in more than a half-century under a federal law that is rarely prosecuted.

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