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AXIOS (Julianna Bragg) - Justice Department seeks dismissal of Steve Bannon conviction

The Justice Department is seeking to dismiss former President Trump adviser Steve Bannon's conviction for refusing to testify about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, legal filings submitted Monday show. The big picture: The submissions mark the Trump administration's latest effort to unwind prosecutions of the president's allies. - Bannon was convicted and sentenced in 2022 for defying a subpoena from the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. - He cited executive privilege for failure to turn over documents or sit for a deposition, but Bannon had been a private citizen since leaving the White House in 2017. He served a four-month federal prison sentence in 2024. Driving the news: Jeanine Pirro , the U.S.…

NYTIMES (Danny Hakim and Richard Fausset) - Georgia Judge Dismisses Case Over 2020 Election Ballots Seized by Justice Dept.

A state judge dismissed a case after the Justice Department’s seizure of ballots from the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, which has raised fears that they could be manipulated.