Judge declines DOJ request to toss Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration‘s attempt to erase Steve Bannon‘s criminal conviction, stating the Justice Department did not provide necessary support for its case for dismissal. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Washington, D.C., judge appointed by President Donald Trump, declined the

The move from Jeanine Pirro’s office is ‘insufficient to justify’ tossing out a case against Bannon for defying January 6 committee subpoenas

A federal judge denied the Trump administration’s request to dismiss a contempt of Congress indictment against Steve Bannon, saying the US Justice Department didn’t justify dropping the case after the former White House aide had been convicted and served four months in prison.

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Justice Department’s request to erase Trump ally Steve Bannon’s criminal conviction for refusing to testify before the congressional committee that investigated a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department’s request to dismiss Trump ally Steve Bannon’s criminal conviction for refusing to testify before the congressional committee that investigated a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

Judge, for now, refuses to dismiss Steve Bannon’s conviction in contempt of Congress case  AP News

A federal judge on Tuesday declined a petition from Ghislaine Maxwell to set aside her conviction, a longshot bid that would have allowed for a new trial. Maxwell represented herself in the habeas petition challenging her detention that she filed last December.  New York-based U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer noted