Supreme Court vacates Steve Bannon contempt-of-Congress charges

[1srelluc]

MSN

The Supreme Court on Monday vacated contempt-of-Congress charges against ex-Trump advisor Steve Bannon, who had refused to honor a subpoena from the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, and later served a four-month sentence.

The Court did not explain its decision. There were no noted dissents.

In a brief order, the Court noted that the Trump Justice Department has moved to drop the indictment against Bannon and returned the case to a lower court for dismissal.

Bannon, who served as President Donald Trump's chief White House strategist during Trump's first term, served a four-month prison term after being found guilty on contempt charges following a July 2022 trial.

A jury found Bannon guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to testify about Jan. 6 before the House select committee that investigated the attack. In addition to serving prison time, Bannon paid a $6,500 fine.

Justice prevails....But not before another Trump ally was put through "the process" by the dems.

 

[Dante]

Supreme Court vacates Steve Bannon contempt-of-Congress charges​

Because of the CORRUPT Trump Justice Department.​

Try and read up on what the SCOTUS said and did, and what the Appeals Court said, and...

 

[Dante]

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared a path for Stephen K. Bannon’s effort, backed by the Justice Department, to dismiss his conviction for defying a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.

In a brief, unsigned order Monday morning, the court vacated a judgment by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upholding Bannon’s conviction. The high court sent the case back to the appeals court for reconsideration in light of a motion to dismiss that the Justice Department filed two months ago.

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 2024 upheld the convictions [ https://law.justia[.]com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/cadc/22-3086/22-3086-2024-05-10.html ], and the full appeals court later declined to rehear the case. In October, Bannon appealed to the Supreme Court. The high court had previously denied his request to postpone his prison sentence pending his appeal.

Since Trump’s return to the White House, the Justice Department has sought to undo a number of criminal cases brought by prosecutors in prior administrations, employing sweeping orders as well as smaller-scale interventions. In one of his first acts in office, Trump issued a blanket pardon to more than 1,500 people who had been convicted or charged in connection with Jan. 6 — a series of cases that had emerged from the largest investigation in the Justice Department’s history.

Trump has directed a purge of prosecutors and federal investigators who worked on those cases.

More akin to its intervention in the Bannon case, the department told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in September that it would no longer defend the conviction of Peter Navarro, Trump’s trade adviser during his first administration, who served a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena. The department also recently agreed to give former national security adviser Michael Flynn a payout to settle claims that he was wrongfully prosecuted as part of the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

 

[Oddball]

So when are we going to see charges and prosecutions for unlawful imprisonment?

 

[1srelluc]

So when are we going to see charges and prosecutions for unlawful imprisonment?

Can't say, you should call them up and ask....Same old lame shit from you but never any follow through.

 

[Oddball]

Can't say, you should call them up and ask....Same old lame shit from you but never any follow through.

Same old lame shit from those who've been abusing the system to punish their political foes, but that seems just jake to you.

 

[Blaster]

Will Bannon sue the Democrat party?

 

[1srelluc]

Will Bannon sue the Democrat party?

They will just claim they they have run out of other people's money to pay him.

 

[odanny]

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared a path for Stephen K. Bannon’s effort, backed by the Justice Department, to dismiss his conviction for defying a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.

In a brief, unsigned order Monday morning, the court vacated a judgment by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upholding Bannon’s conviction. The high court sent the case back to the appeals court for reconsideration in light of a motion to dismiss that the Justice Department filed two months ago.

...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 2024 upheld the convictions [ https://law.justia[.]com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/cadc/22-3086/22-3086-2024-05-10.html ], and the full appeals court later declined to rehear the case. In October, Bannon appealed to the Supreme Court. The high court had previously denied his request to postpone his prison sentence pending his appeal.

Since Trump’s return to the White House, the Justice Department has sought to undo a number of criminal cases brought by prosecutors in prior administrations, employing sweeping orders as well as smaller-scale interventions. In one of his first acts in office, Trump issued a blanket pardon to more than 1,500 people who had been convicted or charged in connection with Jan. 6 — a series of cases that had emerged from the largest investigation in the Justice Department’s history.

Trump has directed a purge of prosecutors and federal investigators who worked on those cases.

More akin to its intervention in the Bannon case, the department told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in September that it would no longer defend the conviction of Peter Navarro, Trump’s trade adviser during his first administration, who served a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena. The department also recently agreed to give former national security adviser Michael Flynn a payout to settle claims that he was wrongfully prosecuted as part of the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

In the modern era (i.e., anyone alive today) we have never seen corruption on the level we are seeing under Trump, who is, no doubt, emboldened by a weak Democratic opposition and a fearful and supplicating Republican party who jump at his every command, where everyone is trying to outdo the other with their fealty to their King.

 

[odanny]

Same old lame shit from those who've been abusing the system to punish their political foes, but that seems just jake to you.

The irony of this post is so incredibly obvious, yet completely lost on you.