Appeals Court Gives Judge 10 Days to Respond to Flynn’s Call for Intervention

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn exits a vehicle as he arrives for his sentencing hearing at U.S. District Court in Washington on Dec. 18, 2018. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

The District of Columbia federal appeals court has given District Judge Emmet Sullivan 10 days to respond after former Trump adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn appealed to the higher court for an intervention, alleging that Sullivan is breaking rules and precedent in Flynn’s case.

In its May 21 order, the higher court also invited the government “to respond in its discretion within the same ten-day period.”