A federal appeals court will hear arguments Friday on former national security adviser Michael Flynn's attempt to force a lower court to dismiss the Justice Department's criminal case against him.
Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, pictured at the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., in December 2018, has a new hearing on Friday about the Justice Department's move to drop the case against him.Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, pictured at the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., in December 2018, has a new hearing on Friday about the Justice Department's move to drop the case against him.
The hearing before a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is the latest front in the long-running legal case against Flynn, who pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the Russian ambassador.last month to drop its 2 1/2-year-old case against Flynn. The department argues that the FBI never should have interviewed him and that any false statements Flynn might have made were not material to a legitimate investigation.
U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan, who is presiding over the Flynn case, has not yet granted the government's motion to dismiss. Instead, he hasSullivan In The Spotlight: Meet The Judge In The Flynn Case
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