In 2021, Donald Trump pardoned Steve Bannon after he was indicted on federal charges. Photograph: Getty ImagesThe US supreme court has cleared the way for dismissal of a criminal case in which Trump ally Steve Bannon was convicted of defying a congressional subpoena. Trump’s justice department, in urging the supreme court to reject the lower court’s decision, told the justices in court papers it has determined that dismissal of Bannon’s case “is in the interests of justice”. The court of appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2024 upheld Bannon’s conviction, prompting his appeal to the supreme court. In 2021, Trump pardoned Bannon after he was indicted on federal charges, also relating to the border wall fundraising.

Source: The Irish Times April 06, 2026 16:02 UTC