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Justice Department Seeks to Vacate Steve Bannon's Conviction
- The Justice Department filed a motion on Thursday to vacate Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction.
- The conviction was related to Bannon's defiance of a subpoena from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
- The motion seeks to dismiss Bannon's conviction on two counts of contempt of Congress.
- The move is part of the ongoing legal proceedings concerning the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack.
- The Department's action follows previous efforts to have the conviction dismissed.