U.S. appeals court orders dismissal of criminal case against Michael Flynn
A US appeals court has ordered that the case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn be dropped, in line with the request of the prosecution. The decision, which effectively orders that a lower court judge drop the case, was handed down by the Washington DC Circuit Court of Appeals, though one judge dissented.
- World
- Reuters
- Published Date: 05:42 | 24 June 2020
- Modified Date: 08:11 | 24 June 2020
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday directed a federal judge to drop the criminal case against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn as demanded by the Justice Department, preventing a judicial review of the propriety of the request.
In a split decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of Flynn and the Trump administration in preventing U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan from exercising his discretion on whether to grant the department's motion to clear Flynn, who twice pleaded guilty.