The Supreme Court sent Stephen Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction back to lower courts Monday to address the Trump administration’s attempt to wipe out the case against the president’s former adviser.
Bannon had appealed his conviction to the justices after both a federal trial judge and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the rare conviction for contempt of Congress. A jury convicted Bannon in 2022 for his refusal to testify and provide documents to the House select panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
While Bannon’s case was pending before the Supreme Court, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in the District of Columbia sought to dismiss the indictment in a way that meant it could not be brought again.
