Judge rejects Trump DOJ’s attempt to throw out Steve Bannon’s contempt conviction

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

The judge said in his ruling that Maxwell's claims that her constitutional rights at trial and sentencing were violated 'are all meritless and all or almost all are frivolous.'

The judge said in his ruling that Maxwell's claims that her constitutional rights at trial and sentencing were violated 'are all meritless and all or almost all are frivolous.'