Steve Bannon appears likely to have criminal conviction dismissed

Steve Bannon, the rightwing media host and ally of Donald Trump, appears likely to have his criminal conviction dismissed.

The US supreme court filed a brief order on Monday that vacated a lower court ruling that had upheld Bannon’s conviction and sent the case back to the US court of appeals for the DC circuit for “further consideration in light of the pending motion to dismiss the indictment”. The Trump administration had moved to dismiss Bannon’s conviction.

Bannon was convicted for refusing to submit to a subpoena to testify before the US House of Representatives committee that focused on the January 6 insurrection and spent four months in prison in 2024.

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