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Justice Department moves to erase Bannon's conviction with no party opposing it

Public critic of the unopposed dismissals

Steve Bannon was convicted by a jury in 2022 on two counts of contempt of Congress and served four months in prison. On November 5, 2026, the Justice Department asked the judge who presided over that trial to erase the conviction. Bannon's lawyers did not object.

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"No adversity remains in this serious and high-profile criminal matter between, on the one hand, the U.S. Department of Justice overtly acting at the behest of the president of the United States, and on the other hand, Bannon, the defendant, who is a close political ally and adviser to the same president."

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