Navarro, 74, was convicted last year after ignoring a subpoena from a House committee investigating the 6 January 2021 Capitol riot. A Supreme Court justice denied his last-ditch appeal to stay out of prison on Monday.
He will be the first Trump-era official to be jailed for contempt of Congress.
Navarro stopped in the parking lot of a shopping centre to speak to reporters before reporting to federal prison in Miami. The facility, FCI Miami, is a low security facility with an adjacent minimum security camp. Wearing the bomber jacket that he was seen in while addressing the conservative meeting known as CPAC, Navarro repeated his defence in the case to a handful of reporters.
He also promoted his upcoming book, accused federal judges of political partisanship, and passionately endorsed his former boss, who is running again for the White House.
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