The US Supreme Court has paved the way for Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction to be thrown out, sending the case back to a lower court where it is likely to be dismissed.
Bannon, one of Trump’s most prominent backers, was convicted in 2022 for refusing to respond to lawmakers’ subpoenas for information about the January 2021 Capitol riot.
The Trump administration had asked the Supreme Court to dismiss Bannon’s case in “the interests of justice”.
Bannon has already served prison time in the case - a four-month sentence at a low-security federal facility in Connecticut - rendering any potential dismissal a more symbolic gesture.
An appeals court upheld the jury’s verdict in Bannon’s 2022 case, but the Supreme Court decision on Monday negates that ruling, and sends it back to a lower federal court in Washington DC.
We need to lock him in a cell then flood it with shit.
Jeffrey Epstein’s Friend and Confidante Steven Bannon? GOOD! We need to LEGALLY PROTECT CHILD RAPISTS!
-Republicans Apparently!
I wonder if there’s a way to drag this out past the midterms? After November there’s much less likely to be a “pending motion to dismiss the indictment”. Or maybe the new Congress will want to subpoena him again.
At least he’s already served time, according to the article.
If the case gets dismissed then he’s gonna sue the government for wrongful imprisonment and Trump will pay him out of your taxes.
