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班农这位前特朗普顾问曾因藐视法庭罪入狱4个月
作者：布雷安娜·德皮什 福克斯新闻
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美国最高法院周一为司法部撤销针对前总统唐纳德·特朗普前顾问史蒂夫·班农的刑事定罪扫清了道路——这是与2021年1月6日美国国会大厦骚乱及后续国会调查相关的最受关注案件之一，此举具有象征意义且意义重大。
最高法院在一份简短的无署名裁决中，驳回了维持班农刑事藐视法庭定罪的上诉法院判决，将案件发回地区法院法官处，以便撤销定罪。
该裁决为特朗普政府彻底撤销班农的刑事定罪扫清了关键法律障碍。
参与北极霜冻调查的前FBI探员起诉遭非法解雇
这张2025年的照片显示，时任司法部长帕姆·邦迪与唐纳德·特朗普总统在白宫新闻发布会上同台发言。(盖蒂图片社)
此次撤销判决在很大程度上具有象征意义。班农作为特朗普的长期盟友和前白宫顾问，2022年因拒绝向调查国会大厦骚乱的众议院特别委员会作证，两项刑事藐视国会罪名成立。
2024年，在华盛顿特区巡回上诉法院维持陪审团作出的有罪裁决并拒绝重审此案后，班农已因该项定罪服刑4个月。
他还被勒令为该定罪支付超过6000美元的罚款。
当时，最高法院拒绝批准班农的紧急申请，暂缓其入狱时间。
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2024年7月1日，史蒂夫·班农在康涅狄格州丹伯里的丹伯里联邦惩教所外发表讲话。(美联社照片/朱莉娅·尼基欣松)
最高法院法官撤销上诉法院判决的举动，移除了阻止特朗普政府撤销班农定罪的关键法律障碍。
班农的律师当时辩称，他是在咨询律师意见后才拒绝配合国会工作的。
他们还试图提出行政特权主张，但这一主张遭到众议院议员的质疑，议员们指出班农已于2017年离开白宫，早于骚乱发生数年。
目前尚不清楚地区法院层面正式撤销此案需要多长时间。
司法部今年2月曾请求最高法院允许其撤销班农的定罪，并将案件发回地区法院处理。司法部告诉最高法院，他们已认定继续起诉不再符合“司法利益”。
最高法院的一致裁决未收到任何异议。
FBI探员团体呼吁国会采取紧急行动，防止调查被政治化
这张合成图片显示了FBI标志、美国国会大厦骚乱场景以及一名美国FBI探员的夹克。(美联社/伊Stock)
尽管如此，这一请求及最终裁决与拜登领导的司法部形成了鲜明对比。2024年，拜登司法部曾在最高法院辩称，班农“完全不配合”众议院调查人员，并敦促最高法院驳回班农推迟入狱的申请。
该裁决出台之际，正处于特朗普的第二任期内，他已着手撤销时任总统乔·拜登时期司法部发起的多项调查，包括与国会山骚乱相关的定罪案件。
特朗普去年就职后不久，就对1500多名因国会山骚乱事件被定罪或指控的人员发布了全面赦免令。
他的政府还解雇了越来越多参与国会山骚乱调查的FBI探员，引发了多起非法解雇诉讼，其中一起甚至是在最近一个月提起的。
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Supreme Court clears path for DOJ to erase Steve Bannon’s Jan 6 conviction
April 7, 2026 10:17am EDT / Fox News
Bannon, a former Trump advisor, served 4 months in prison for the contempt convictions
By Breanne Deppisch Fox News
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The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Justice Department to dismiss the criminal conviction against President Donald Trump’s former advisor, Steve Bannon — a symbolic, but significant move in one of the highest-profile prosecutions tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot and resulting congressional probe.
In a brief, unsigned order, justices tossed an appeals court ruling that upheld Bannon’s criminal contempt conviction, sending the case back down to a district court judge for dismissal.
The order clears a key legal obstacle for the Trump administration to dismiss Bannon’s criminal conviction completely.
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Then-Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks alongside President Donald Trump at a White House press briefing in this 2025 photo.(Getty Images)
The reversal is largely symbolic. Bannon, a longtime Trump ally and former White House advisor, was convicted in 2022 on two criminal charges of contempt of Congress stemming from his refusal to testify before a House select committee investigating the Capitol riot.
He had already served a four-month prison sentence for the convictions in 2024, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the guilty verdict handed down by the jury and declined to rehear the case.
Bannon had also been ordered to pay more than $6,000 in fines in connection with the conviction.
The Supreme Court, for its part, declined at the time to grant his emergency application to further postpone jail time.
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Steve Bannon speaks outside Danbury Federal Correctional Institution, July 1, 2024, in Danbury, Connecticut.(AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
In vacating the appeals court order, justices on the high court removed a key legal obstacle preventing the Trump administration from dismissing Bannon’s conviction.
Bannon’s lawyers had argued at the time that he had been acting on the advice of his counsel in refusing to comply with Congress.
They also attempted to argue claims of executive privilege, though the latter sparked skepticism from House lawmakers, who noted that Bannon had departed the White House in 2017, several years before the riot took place.
It is unclear how long it might take to formally dismiss the case at the district court level.
The Justice Department in February asked the Supreme Court to allow them to dismiss Bannon’s conviction and remand his case back to the district court to do so. They told the high court they had concluded the prosecution was no longer in “the interests of justice.”
The unanimous Supreme Court order did not have any dissents.
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The FBI logo, U.S. Capitol riot, and jacket of a U.S. FBI agent are seen in this split image.(AP/iStock)
Still, the request and resulting order represents a stark about-face from the Biden-led Justice Department, which had argued to the Supreme Court in 2024 that Bannon had acted “with total noncompliance” in avoiding the House investigators. They had urged the high court to deny Bannon’s bid to delay prison time.
The order also comes as Trump, in his second term, has moved to unwind many of the investigations brought by the Justice Department under then-President Joe Biden — including the convictions brought in connection with the Capitol riot.
Shortly after taking office last year, Trump issued a blanket pardon to more than 1,500 persons convicted or charged in connection with the Jan. 6 events.
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His administration has also terminated a growing list of FBI agents assigned to the Jan. 6 investigation, prompting a wave of wrongful termination lawsuits, including one filed as recently as last month.
Breanne Deppisch is a national politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI and other national news. She previously covered national politics at the Washington Examiner and The Washington Post, with additional bylines in Politico Magazine, the Colorado Gazette and others. You can send tips to Breanne at Breanne.Deppisch@fox.com, or follow her on X at @breanne_dep.
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