DOJ urges appeals court to force dismissal of Flynn case
A lower-court judge has held up the dismissal, citing Justice Department's 'unusual' reversal.
Michael Flynn
By KYLE CHENEY and JOSH GERSTEIN
06/01/2020 04:20 PM EDT
Updated: 06/01/2020 08:59 PM EDT
The Justice Department on Monday urged a federal appeals court to force a lower-court judge to dismiss the prosecution of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan had declined to immediately toss the case against Flynn, despite the Justice Department's move to drop a charge that the Trump ally lied to the FBI about his 2016 contacts with Russia's ambassador to the United States. Flynn pleaded guilty to the offense in 2017 but reversed course and moved to withdraw his plea in recent months.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/01/judge-questions-unusual-justice-department-filing-in-flynn-case-294330
