I went to prison so you won’t have to
By Peter Navarro | The Hill | September 16, 2025
OPINION:
“I Went To Prison So You Won’t Have To” is not just the title of my new book — it’s why I am appealing my contempt-of-Congress conviction, even after losing four months of my freedom in a Miami federal prison.
If I lose this landmark case of first impression, which is likely headed to the Supreme Court, future presidential advisers of either party will face the same stark choice I did: either to defend the Constitution’s separation of powers and executive privilege and risk prison, or to dishonor their oath and grovel before a lawfare-wielding Congress.
As the latest development in this case, my legal team is opposing an extraordinary move by the Department of Justice in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to strike its own merits brief and to appoint a friend of the court to argue in its place. This comes after the Justice Department prosecuted me in district court and defended that conviction on appeal.