联邦法官暂时拒绝撤销班农藐视国会罪定罪

在华盛顿，美国联邦法官卡尔·尼科尔斯（Carl Nichols）拒绝了司法部撤销史蒂夫·班农（Steve Bannon）藐视国会罪定罪的要求，理由是检方未能充分解释其动机1。不过，法官允许政府依法重新提出请求1。

班农此前因拒绝就2021年1月6日国会山骚乱事件向国会委员会作证而被定罪，并已服刑四个月1。美国检察官珍妮恩·皮罗（Jeanine Pirro）称撤销案件符合“司法利益”1。此外，美国最高法院此前推翻了维持班农定罪的上诉裁决1。

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols has denied the Justice Department's request to vacate Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction, citing that prosecutors failed to adequately explain their motives for the move 1. However, the judge allowed the government to refile the request in accordance with the law 1.

Bannon was previously convicted for refusing to testify before a congressional committee regarding the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, and he has already served four months in prison 1. The motion to dismiss the case was backed by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who argued that dropping the charges would serve the "interests of justice" 1. This development follows a recent Supreme Court decision that overturned an appellate ruling which had previously upheld Bannon's conviction 1.