Appeals court rejects Peter Navarro bid to rehear contempt challenge

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied White House trade adviser Peter Navarro’s request to rehear his contempt of Congress case, leaving the Supreme Court as his next avenue for challenging the conviction.

The appeals court’s Friday order said no judge requested a vote on Navarro’s petition for rehearing en banc, meaning review by the full court. Navarro’s attorney, Abhishek Kambli, said in a statement that the case “was always headed to the Supreme Court.”