Federal judge suggests Steve Bannon may not be innocent while dismissing indictment

A federal judge dismissed a pending indictment against Steve Bannon, saying the pardon dealt by former President Donald Trump will stand whether or not the defendant is innocent.

Prosecutors with the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office asked to keep the federal fraud charges against the former White House chief strategist despite the pardon, but U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres ruled in favor of Bannon’s request to dismiss the indictment on Tuesday.