JUST IN: Supreme Court Sides With MAGA Leader

Steve Bannon just scored a major win at the Supreme Court, putting him on track to see his contempt of Congress conviction wiped off the books.

The high court on Monday tossed out a lower court ruling that had upheld Bannon’s conviction for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The move came after the Trump administration pushed for the case to be reconsidered.

With the appellate ruling vacated, a trial judge can now act on the administration’s request to dismiss the case outright “in the interests of justice.”

Any dismissal would mostly be symbolic at this point. Bannon already served a four-month prison sentence after a jury convicted him in 2022, and a federal appeals court in Washington had previously affirmed that conviction.

The Supreme Court issued a similar order in a separate case involving former Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump last year. Sittenfeld had served 16 months in prison after being convicted in 2022 on bribery and attempted extortion charges. The court’s action clears the way for a lower court to consider dismissing that indictment as well.

Steve Bannon speaks during CPAC Conference 2024 at Gaylord National Resort Convention Center in Washington DC on February 24, 2024

The Justice Department originally brought the case against Bannon during Joe Biden’s presidency, but reversed course after Trump returned to office.

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Bannon had argued that his refusal to testify was shielded by Trump’s executive privilege. Lawmakers on the Jan. 6 committee and federal prosecutors pushed back, saying the argument didn’t hold up because Bannon had been fired from the White House in 2017 and was a private citizen at the time of the events in question.

Separately, Bannon pleaded guilty in a New York state case tied to a private effort to fund construction of a southern border wall. That plea deal allowed him to avoid jail time, and the conviction is not affected by the Supreme Court’s latest move.

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