Supreme Court clears path to overturn conviction of ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon

AdvertisementUnited StatesWorldUnited States & CanadaSupreme Court clears path to overturn conviction of ex-Trump aide Steve BannonBannon served 4 months in prison in 2024 for refusing to testify before a congressional panel investigating the January 6 Capitol attack 1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 2:55am, 7 Apr 2026The US Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Steve Bannon, a former adviser to US President Donald Trump, to overturn his conviction in a case linked to the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Bannon, a leading figure on the far-right, served four months in prison in 2024 for defying a subpoena to testify before a congressional panel investigating the 2021 attack.But he appealed to the Supreme Court to have the conviction overturned, a legal challenge the Trump administration joined in February.AdvertisementActing Attorney General Todd Blanche has described the move as a course correction from what he claimed was “the prior administration’s weaponisation of the justice system”.In a brief, unsigned decision on Monday, the Supreme Court granted this request, vacating the appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction and remanding the case to the trial judge. AdvertisementBannon, a mastermind behind Trump’s first presidential campaign, was sacked as chief strategist in the White House in August 2017.AdvertisementSelect VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.9x1.0x1.1x1.2x1.5x1.75x00:0000:001.00x