The US Supreme Court has paved the way for Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction to be thrown out, sending the case back to a lower court where it is likely to be dismissed.
Bannon, one of Trump’s most prominent backers, was convicted in 2022 for refusing to respond to lawmakers’ subpoenas for information about the January 2021 Capitol riot.
The Trump administration had asked the Supreme Court to dismiss Bannon’s case in “the interests of justice”.
Bannon has already served prison time in the case - a four-month sentence at a low-security federal facility in Connecticut - rendering any potential dismissal a more symbolic gesture.
An appeals court upheld the jury’s verdict in Bannon’s 2022 case, but the Supreme Court decision on Monday negates that ruling, and sends it back to a lower federal court in Washington DC.
I wonder if there’s a way to drag this out past the midterms? After November there’s much less likely to be a “pending motion to dismiss the indictment”. Or maybe the new Congress will want to subpoena him again.
At least he’s already served time, according to the article.
If the case gets dismissed then he’s gonna sue the government for wrongful imprisonment and Trump will pay him out of your taxes.
I don’t think there’s any way around trump fleecing the general public regardless.
The Trump regime loves to be sued by its supporters and then hand out juicy settlement. It’s blatant corruption, but because it’s going through the courts, I doubt it’s possible to undo and punish it.
Oh yea. They’ve done it a bunch of times already. Trump even said he wants to do it himself and get paid 200+ million.