Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction is now on course to be wiped away, after the US Supreme Court in Washington on Monday sent his case back to a lower court where a judge is expected to dismiss it at the Justice Department's request.
The news came after a two–year legal saga that grew out of the House of Representatives' investigation into the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol. Bannon, a former White House strategist and one of Donald Trump's most vocal allies, was convicted in 2022 of refusing to comply with a subpoena from the now‑defunct House select committee, which had demanded his testimony and documents about efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
