Trump aide asks court to keep him out of jail during contempt conviction appeal

Peter Navarro, former director of the White House National Trade Council (Alex Brandon/AP)

Trump White House official Peter Navarro has appealed to the Supreme Court to allow him to stay out of prison as he appeals against his contempt of Congress conviction.

Navarro is due to report to a federal prison next week, after an appeals court ruled that his appeal was not likely to overturn his conviction for refusing to co-operate with a congressional investigation into the January 6 2021 attack on the US Capitol.