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Judge rejects another Peter Navarro request to cut prison sentence short

By Dan Berman, CNN
May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024
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Peter Navarro speaks to the press at the Country Mall Plaza before reporting to the Federal Correctional Institution, in Miami, Florida on March 19.
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(CNN) 鈥� A federal judge on Wednesday聽聽another request from former Donald Trump economic aide聽Peter Navarro to cut his short.

Navarro is in prison for contempt of Congress after ducking a subpoena for documents and testimony from the House committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Last week, Navarro聽聽district Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, DC, to allow him to cut 30 days off his prison sentence in exchange for 30 days of supervised release, citing the First Step Act. Mehta said no.

鈥淚n sum, a four-month prison term without supervised release was warranted at the time of Defendant鈥檚 sentencing, and it remains warranted now,鈥� the judge wrote.

Navarro reported to a federal prison in Florida on March 19 after other appeals were rejected by the Supreme Court.

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