A DC Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld Peter Navarro’s two-count contempt conviction for defying the Jan. 6 committee’s subpoenas, ruling that Navarro could not prove Trump had actually invoked executive privilege to shield him. The panel rejected Navarro’s argument that a three-minute phone exchange or a blanket privilege from the president should excuse his noncompliance, stating that privilege must be invoked by the president or a designee and was not shown in this case. Navarro, a White House adviser, has argued for years that Trump shielded him, but the court’s decision emphasizes separation-of-powers constraints and requires evidence of active presidential invocation. He has already served a four-month prison sentence for the contempt conviction, and his ongoing appeals have repeatedly failed to overturn the judgment. The rulings come as Navarro continues to challenge the outcome, with Trump’s former DOJ endorsement and related litigation framing the broader struggle over executive privilege claims tied to the Jan. 6 investigation.