Bannon served four months<\/a> in federal prison in 2024. <\/p>\n The Justice Department wrote in its unopposed motion Monday to dismiss the case: \u201cThe government has determined in its prosecutorial discretion that dismissal of this criminal case is in the interests of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n Bannon had asked the Supreme Court to hear his appeal of his conviction last year, and the Trump administration\u2019s response was due Monday. Instead of addressing the issues Bannon raised, Solicitor John D. Sauer, a former Trump personal lawyer, said the government now believes the underlying indictment should be dismissed.<\/p>\n He asked the high court to vacate the judgment against Bannon and send it back to a lower court to be dismissed. <\/p>\n At the same time, Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, submitted a filing with the lower court judge asking that the case be dismissed. The filing says “Defendant Bannon does not oppose this motion.” <\/p>\n Bannon did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n If the legal strategy works, it would be largely symbolic since Bannon already served his time.<\/p>\n The indictment and conviction against Bannon came after the House voted in 2021 to find him in contempt of Congress. The Jan. 6 committee wanted more information about comments he made the day before the riot. <\/p>\n \u201cAll hell is going to break loose tomorrow,\u201d he said on his radio program Jan. 5. <\/p>\n Bannon refused to comply with the subpoena for his testimony and request for documents, citing Trump’s assertion of executive privilege. <\/p>\n After leading Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Bannon served in the White House during Trump’s first term for less than a year as a senior counselor and chief strategist. He now hosts a popular podcast.<\/p>\n After a jury found Bannon guilty in 2022, the leaders of the Jan. 6 committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and then-Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said in a joint statement, \u201cAs the prosecutor stated, Steve Bannon \u2018chose allegiance to Donald Trump over compliance with the law.\u2019 Just as there must be accountability for all those responsible for the events of January 6th, anyone who obstructs our investigation into these matters should face consequences.”<\/p>\n Bannon sought several times to appeal his conviction<\/a>, but those previous efforts had been unsuccessful<\/a>. <\/p>\n
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