Former Trump adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has asked a federal appeals court to order a lower court to accept a request by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to drop the case against Flynn. The DOJ moved to dismiss the case nearly two weeks ago, but the district judge handling it hasn’t made a decision and instead invited—as a “friend of court”—a former judge to come argue against the dismissal.
On May 19, Flynn’s lawyers petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to order the District Court to grant the DOJ’s motion to dismiss the case, vacate the appointment of a “friend of court” (amicus curiae), and assign the case to a different judge.
