The federal appeals court in Washington on Aug. 31 rejected a request for intervention filed by former national security adviser Michael Flynn, sending the case back to the district judge who had set up an unprecedented procedure to determine whether he should approve the government’s motion to dismiss the case.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied the mandamus petition, arguing that Flynn hasn’t exhausted other means of relief; two of the panel’s 11 judges wrote a dissenting opinion.
