DC Circuit Shows Unease as Flynn Attempts Dismissal Leapfrog
WASHINGTON (CN) — Michael Flynn’s bid to end his prosecution, going around a federal judge to secure the recommendation of Trump’s Justice Department, appeared unlikely Friday to win D.C. Circuit approval.
“I don’t see why we don’t observe regular order and allow him to rule,” said U.S. Circuit Judge Karen Henderson, one of three members of a panel who presided over the former national security adviser’s hearing this morning via teleconference.
Henderson was referring to U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, whose hand Flynn hopes to force as he awaits a ruling on whether the Justice Department can dismiss his prosecution for lying to the FBI, as it requested to do last month.
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