The Supreme Court on Monday gave the Trump administration a path to dismiss the criminal case against President Trump acolyte Steve Bannon over his failure to respond to congressional subpoenas.

Having the case thrown out would be mostly symbolic, considering Bannon was already convicted and served jail time, according to NBC News. 

Bannon, who briefly was a White House political adviser during Trump's first term before being fired, was convicted in 2022 on two counts of contempt of Congress over his refusal to comply with the subpoenas, which sought documents and testimony related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

The Supreme Court, acting on Bannon's appeal of his conviction, sent the case back to a district court judge, which erased an appeals court ruling that upheld the jury verdict. In February, the Trump administration, which took over the case from the Biden administration, said it planned to dismiss the case after concluding it was "in the interests of justice," NBC also reports.