Supreme Court rules in favor of Steve Bannon, likely to dismiss criminal case
FILE-Steve Bannon, speaks on stage during The Semafor 2025 World Economy Summit-Day 1 at Conrad Washington on April 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images for Semafor)
Steve Bannon won a Supreme Court order that is expected to lead to the dismissal of his criminal conviction for refusing to testify to Congress.
The high court tossed an appellate ruling upholding Bannon for resisting a subpoena from the House committee that probed the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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According to the Associated Press, this move also allows a trial judge to act on the Trump administration’s request to dismiss Bannon’s conviction and indictment.
Bannon served a four-month prison sentence after a jury convicted him of contempt of Congress in 2022.
What was Steve Bannon’s case about?
Dig deeper:
The Department of Justice launched a case against Steve Bannon during President Joe Biden’s term in office, but changed course once Donald Trump became president again and returned to the White House in 2025.
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Bannon contended that his testimony was protected by Trump’s claim of executive privilege. But the Associated Press reported that the House panel and the Department of Justice argued that this claim was disputable because Trump fired Bannon from the White House in 2017 and Bannon was a private citizen when he was consulting with Trump ahead of the Capitol riot.
Who is Steve Bannon?
The backstory:
Steve Bannon was a former White House aide and longtime ally of President Donald Trump. Bannon previously served as the chief executive officer of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and served as the White House's chief strategist for the first several months during Trump’s first term in the White House.
The Source: Information for this story was provided by The Associated Press and previous FOX Local reporting. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.