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.…
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.…Open
EPSTEIN DOCS: Rep. James Comer joins "Rob Schmitt Tonight" to address some of the heavily redacted Jeffrey Epstein files and Americans' desire for answers, plus Ghislaine Maxwell's newest remarks, or lack thereof.
Carl Higbie: "Anytime we're out there enjoying ourselves, watching a game with no agenda, why do the libs always try to screw it up? 'Nope, you guys can't have fun.'"
An attorney for Maxwell said his client listened to his advice, invoking the Fifth until President Donald Trump agrees to grant her clemency, which comes as she attempts to get her sentence reduced or vacated.
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.
The longtime Trump ally served four months in prison on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to testify to the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Molly Wasow Park, a holdover from the Eric Adams administration, said her resignation was unrelated to the recent wave of cold-related deaths in New York City.
As weekend temperatures fell into the single digits, New York City operated 65 warming centers where people could find cots, chairs and a respite from the cold.
