“The government has determined in its prosecutorial discretion that dismissal of this criminal case is in the interests of justice.”
US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Monday signed a motion to dismiss an indictment against Steve Bannon on contempt charges. The motion was to dismiss the indictment with prejudice.
“Pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 48(a), the United States of America, by and through the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, respectfully moves this Court to dismiss with prejudice the above captioned case against Defendant Stephen K. Bannon,” the court document stated.
“The government has determined in its prosecutorial discretion that dismissal of this criminal case is in the interests of justice. Defendant Bannon does not oppose this motion,” the motion added. Bannon was previously convicted for defying a subpoena that had been issued to him by the January 6 Committee under former President Joe Biden.
Although the case had been on its way to the Supreme Court, the new motion will likely end the case without the high court’s review. If the case is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be reconsidered in the court of law in the future and prevents the plaintiffs in a case from asserting the same claim against a defendant.
Bannon had previously petitioned to have the Supreme Court overturn the contempt of Congress conviction. Bannon had to spend four months in prison stemming from the conviction. When he was released the week leading up to the 2024 election, he said in his return to War Room, “the four months in federal prison, not only didn’t break me, it empowered me. I am more energized and more focused than I’ve ever been in my entire life, and I can see clearly just like in 2016 and in 2020 exactly what’s going on here and what we have to do to defeat it.”
In the legal proceedings against the case, Bannon argued that he had executive privilege, being an advisor for President Donald Trump in the days leading up to January 6. Bannon spent the four months behind bars at Danbury prison in Connecticut.