Supreme Court Clears Way for Bannon Contempt Dismissal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the dismissal of Steve Bannon's 2022 federal conviction for contempt of Congress, stemming from his refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The court's brief order, issued without noted dissents, vacated a 2024 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that had upheld the conviction and remanded the case to a lower court for further proceedings.

Bannon, a former White House chief strategist during President Donald Trump's first term and a key ally in his 2016 campaign, was convicted by a federal jury in Washington on two counts of contempt. The charges arose from his failure to appear for an interview or produce documents requested by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol. The committee sought information about Bannon's communications with Trump and others in the lead-up to the riot, during which supporters of Trump stormed the Capitol in an effort to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.

At trial, Bannon's lawyers argued that he...