Justice Department Moves To Dismiss Steve Bannon Indictment

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The Justice Department is seeking the dismissal of the indictment against Steve Bannon on contempt charges.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro signed a motion on Monday to dismiss with prejudice the case against Bannon.

Washington Examiner explained further:

Bannon was once convicted for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee in 2021. He served a four-month sentence in federal prison in 2024.

The case was heading toward the Supreme Court, but the new motion makes it appear the Department of Justice wants to end the case without a review from the high court.

No career prosecutor was attached to the unopposed motion.

Under the Biden administration, Bannon failed to appeal his conviction of criminal contempt of Congress on numerous occasions. The appeal went before the Supreme Court, which rejected his bid at the time.

In October, Bannon asked the Supreme Court to consider overturning his conviction even after he served his sentence. The appeal would have sought to clear the defendant’s conviction from his record.

“Pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 48(a), the United States of America, by and through the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, respectfully moves this Court to dismiss with prejudice the above captioned case against Defendant Stephen K. Bannon,” the court document read.

“The government has determined in its prosecutorial discretion that dismissal of this criminal case is in the interests of justice. Defendant Bannon does not oppose this motion,” it continued.

More from Just the News:

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told Just the News that the Democrat-led House January 6 Select Committee was part of a larger weaponization machine that abused the justice system.

“Today the Department of Justice told the Supreme Court that Steve Bannon’s conviction arising from the J6 ‘Unselect’ Committee’s improper subpoena should be vacated,” Blanche said. “Under the leadership of Attorney General Bondi, this Department will continue to undo the prior administration’s weaponization of the justice system.”

The request to the two courts to abandon Bannon’s case is the latest twist in a five-year legal saga.

The Democrat-led House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol issued a subpoena on Sept. 23, 2021, to Bannon demanding documents and testimony related to the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6 attack.

Bannon, a private citizen, had been a policy adviser to President Donald Trump for approximately seven months in 2017. He declined to produce any documents, and the House voted the next month to hold him in contempt of Congress.



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