Supreme Court clears way for Trump DOJ to wipe out Steve Bannon's conviction

The Supreme Court on April 6 paved the way for the Trump administration to wipe out longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction.

At the request of the Justice Department, the court effectively erased lower court rulings upholding the conviction and sent the case back to the district court where the department has asked for the case to be dismissed.

Bannon, now a host of a popular MAGA podcast, was convicted in 2022 for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.

Bannon has already served his four-month prison sentence, after the Supreme Court in 2024 rejected his bid to remain free while he appealed.