Navarro Turned Away by Supreme Court on Presidential Records

The US Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from Peter Navarro, the formerly imprisoned official whom President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to be his senior counselor for trade and manufacturing.

Navarro sought Supreme Court intervention in a clash over records he retained on his personal email account when he served in a similar capacity during Trump’s first term in the White House.

Peter Navarro arrives at federal court in Washington, DC, in Sept. 2023.

Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg

Navarro asked the justices to order dismissal of a Justice Department lawsuit that seeks to recover the disputed records. The high court turned away the appeal without comment, as is its usual practice when ...