He was not the first person pardoned by Mr. Trump to be charged by Manhattan prosecutors. Mr. Bannon himself was never tried: Mr. Trump pardoned him in January 2021. The indictment against Mr. Bannon is sealed, and the precise allegations are unclear. Mr. Manafort was ultimately pardoned by Mr. Trump, and a state appeals court upheld the double-jeopardy finding. After Mr. Trump pardoned Mr. Bannon, in January 2021, the Manhattan district attorney’s office, then headed by Mr. Vance, began its own investigation.
