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A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department’s request to dismiss Trump ally Steve Bannon’s criminal conviction for refusing to testify before the congressional committee that investigated a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.
AP News
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A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Justice Department’s request to erase Trump ally Steve Bannon’s criminal conviction for refusing to testify before the congressional committee that investigated a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. 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.
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