Judge Dismisses Indictment Against Ex-Trump Adviser Bannon, Cites Pardon

Judge Dismisses Indictment Against Ex-Trump Adviser Bannon, Cites Pardon
Former White House senior counselor to President Donald Trump Steve Bannon Washington, on Nov. 18, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Reuters
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NEW YORK—Steve Bannon, the onetime top strategist for former President Donald Trump and recipient of a presidential pardon, on Tuesday won dismissal of an indictment that accused him of defrauding donors to a fund to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan said that a dismissal was “the proper course” in light of the pardon, which Bannon received in the final hours of Trump’s presidency.