BREAKING: Appeals court orders judge to dismiss charges in Flynn case
A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered a judge to grant the Justice Department its request to drop charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
A three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals approved a petition by Flynn's attorneys to intervene in the case after a district court judge asked an outside counsel to argue against the department's request.
Flynn had pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents in a 2017 interview related to the federal Russia-2016 Trump campaign collusion probe. However, his attorneys withdrew their client's plea earlier this year, following the release of declassified documents suggesting that the agents broke with protocol in the White House interview. Attorney General William Barr asked the court in May to allow it to have the case dismissed.
