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NEW YORK — Steve Bannon, a firebrand political strategist and ex-confidant to former president Donald Trump, is fighting to get his federal fraud case formally dismissed over the strong objection of prosecutors who have argued his full pardon does not mean his indictment must be wiped from the record.
Bannon, who helped engineer Trump’s 2016 election win before briefly serving as a White House adviser, asked a judge late Thursday to follow others in New York and elsewhere who outright dismissed cases after Trump issued their pardons. To support his bid, Bannon cited the dismissal of charges post-pardon against Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser accused of lying about his contacts with Russian officials, and rapper Lil’ Wayne, who was facing gun charges in Florida.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, which is preparing for trial against three of Bannon’s co-defendants in an alleged border-wall fundraising scam, is seeking an “administrative” termination of Bannon’s case, which would have the effect of halting the prosecution against him for good but would not clear his name from the docket. The case would officially remain pending while the others, who were not pardoned by Trump before his departure from office in January, await trial.
Following Bannon’s pardon, which covers only federal charges, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office began its own investigation of the alleged scam, raising the possibility Bannon could face state fraud charges. If his case remains open in federal court, it is not expected to impact the ability of state prosecutors to file charges.
Bannon battling prosecutors who won’t dismiss his case after Trump’s pardon
NEW YORK — Steve Bannon, a firebrand political strategist and ex-confidant to former president Donald Trump, is fighting to get his federal fraud case formally dismissed over the strong objection of prosecutors who have argued his full pardon does not...
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