A federal judge on Thursday denied Trump White House official Peter Navarro's bid to remain out of prison while he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction for refusing to cooperate with an investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The former White House trade adviser under President Donald Trump had asked to be free while he fights that conviction and sentence in higher courts. The judge said Navarro hasn't shown that any of the issues he will raise on appeal are "substantial" questions of law. Former White House adviser Steve Bannon previously received a four-month sentence but is free pending appeal. The House committee spent 18 months investigating the insurrection, interviewing over 1,000 witnesses, holding 10 hearings and obtaining more than 1 million pages of documents.

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Persons: Peter Navarro, Donald Trump, Peter Navarro's, Navarro, Judge Amit Mehta, Navarro hasn't, Mehta, Barack Obama, Navarro didn't, Trump, Steve Bannon, Jack Smith, Joe Biden Organizations: U.S, Trump White House, U.S . Capitol, White, Bureau of Prisons, Trump, Capitol, Republican Locations: Washington