SCOTUS vacates Steve Bannon’s criminal conviction: On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruling against former Trump campaign adviser Steve Bannon. Bannon was appealing his conviction for criminal contempt of Congress, for which he already served jail time. The Court issued a statement vacating the judgment and remanded it back “to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for further consideration in light of the pending motion to dismiss the indictment.” Bannon’s argument is that his refusal to testify before Congress was not a willful flouting of the law but was in keeping with his counsel’s legal advice. Bannon was clearly a target of Democrat lawmakers in connection with the January 6 Capitol Hill riot, and his refusal to submit to a congressional subpoena resulted in him being held in contempt and serving four months in jail. Solicitor General D. John Sauer also sought the dismissal, arguing that it was “in the interests of justice.”