Supreme Court Clears Path for DOJ to Erase Bannon Conviction

The US Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to wipe out conservative activist Stephen Bannon’s criminal conviction for defying a congressional subpoena.

Acting on a joint request by Bannon and the Justice Department, the justices set aside a federal appeals court decision that upheld his conviction, which led to a four-month prison term. The move sends the case back to a trial judge in Washington to consider US Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s request to dismiss the indictment.