A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration‘s attempt to erase Steve Bannon‘s criminal conviction, stating the Justice Department did not provide necessary support for its case for dismissal.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Washington, D.C., judge appointed by President Donald Trump, declined the DOJ’s request to dismiss Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction. Bannon was one of Trump’s top advisers during the president’s first term before losing his job at the White House. In the years since, the president and Bannon’s turbulent relationship has played out in the public eye, even as Trump’s DOJ has sought to dismiss the conviction.