Justice Department asks judge to vacate Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction

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Raw Story, NBC News, ABC News and United Press International report that the Justice Department on Thursday filed a motion asking a federal judge to vacate Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction. Bannon, a former White House chief strategist, was convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a House subpoena in the investigation of the Jan. 6 attack, and the outlets say he served four months in prison. United Press International reports that the filing says Bannon was protected by executive privilege and that the conviction is inconsistent with the administration’s enforcement priorities. Raw Story describes the motion as a second attempt.

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The Justice Department filed a motion on Thursday asking a federal judge to vacate Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction.
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Raw Story
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NBC News, ABC News
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United Press International
Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress for defying a House subpoena in the Jan. 6 attack investigation.
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Raw Story
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NBC News, ABC News
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United Press International
Bannon served four months in prison.
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Raw Story
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United Press International
The department’s filing says Bannon was protected by executive privilege when he defied the subpoena.
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The filing says the conviction is inconsistent with the administration’s enforcement priorities.
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Every side reports the Justice Department asked a judge to vacate Bannon’s contempt conviction. Left headlines differ in tone: Raw Story’s headline says ‘wipe out’ and ‘MAGA ally’, while NBC and ABC use plain ‘move to dismiss’ wording, and UPI cites the executive privilege argument.

the left
3 outlets
Left headlines report a Justice Department move to dismiss or vacate the conviction, with ABC stressing a repeat attempt; far-left Raw Story adds ‘Trump DOJ’ and ‘MAGA ally’ and words it as wiping out the conviction.
Justice Department moves to toss Steve Bannon’s conviction tied to Congress’ Jan. 6 investigation
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the center
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Only UPI covers this side, with a plain headline that the Justice Department seeks to toss the conviction, using no loaded wording.
Justice Department seeks to toss Steve Bannon conviction
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MAGA ally
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MAGA allyMore neutral: Trump ally
The MAGA label adds a partisan characterization of Bannon beyond his role in the case.
Trump DOJ moves to wipe out MAGA ally's contempt conviction
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Trump administration’s motion to vacate
Second attempt to end the conviction
Bannon’s defiance of the Jan. 6 subpoena

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Raw StoryFar Left
Trump DOJ moves to wipe out Loaded modifier“MAGA ally”The MAGA label adds a partisan characterization of Bannon beyond his role in the case.More neutral: Trump allyDisagree with this highlight?'s contempt conviction
The Trump administration made a second attempt Thursday to throw out Steve Bannon’s conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, NBC News reported . …
2 hr agoRead at Raw Story (opens in a new tab)
NBC NewsLeft
Justice Department moves to toss Steve Bannon’s conviction tied to Congress’ Jan. 6 investigation
The Trump administration moved to vacate the conviction of Steve Bannon on two counts of contempt of Congress in connection with its investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.
3 hr agoRead at NBC News (opens in a new tab)
ABC NewsLeft
DOJ again moves to dismiss Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction
The DOJ has filed another push to have a judge dismiss Trump ally Steve Bannon's conviction over his defiance of a subpoena from the House panel that investigated Jan. 6.
3 hr agoRead at ABC News (opens in a new tab)

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Executive privilege basis for dropping the case
Bannon’s four months in prison
Department’s prosecutorial discretion argument

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United Press InternationalCenter
Justice Department seeks to toss Steve Bannon conviction
The Justice Department has filed a motion Thursday to vacate the contempt of Congress conviction of former White House strategist Steve Bannon.
1 hr agoRead at United Press International (opens in a new tab)

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Justice Department asks judge to vacate Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction

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Trump DOJ moves to wipe out Loaded modifier“MAGA ally”The MAGA label adds a partisan characterization of Bannon beyond his role in the case.More neutral: Trump allyDisagree with this highlight?'s contempt conviction

Justice Department moves to toss Steve Bannon’s conviction tied to Congress’ Jan. 6 investigation

DOJ again moves to dismiss Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction

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Justice Department seeks to toss Steve Bannon conviction

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Trump DOJ moves to wipe out MAGA allyLoaded modifier“MAGA ally”The MAGA label adds a partisan characterization of Bannon beyond his role in the case.More neutral: Trump allyDisagree with this highlight?'s contempt conviction

Justice Department moves to toss Steve Bannon’s conviction tied to Congress’ Jan. 6 investigation

DOJ again moves to dismiss Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction

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Justice Department seeks to toss Steve Bannon conviction

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How the coverage built up

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Trump DOJ moves to wipe out Loaded modifier“MAGA ally”The MAGA label adds a partisan characterization of Bannon beyond his role in the case.More neutral: Trump allyDisagree with this highlight?'s contempt conviction