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U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols ruled that prosecutors failed
to properly explain their motivations for seeking the dismissal
of Bannon's indictment. However, the judge said the government
is free to renew its request in a manner that follows the law.
Nichols ruled several months after the U.S. Supreme Court — at
prosecutors' request — threw out an appellate ruling upholding
Bannon’s conviction for defying a subpoena from the House
committee that investigated the Capitol riot.
In a February court filing, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said her
Washington-based office determined “in its prosecutorial
discretion” that dismissing Bannon's criminal case is “in the
interests of justice.” Pirro, a Trump appointee, didn't
elaborate.
Dismissing the case would be largely symbolic. Bannon already
served a four-month prison term after a jury convicted him of
contempt of Congress in 2022. A federal appeals court in
Washington upheld the conviction before the Supreme Court
overruled its decision.
Trump, a Republican, appointed Nichols to the bench during his
first term in the White House.
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