Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn asked a federal appeals court late Tuesday for an order directing the judge handling his case to dismiss it, another surprise twist in his legal saga.
Once the government seeks to abandon a prosecution, his lawyers argued in their appeals court filing, the judge has virtually no choice but to accept that decision and"has no authority to adopt the role of the prosecutor." Sullivan's efforts to appoint the judge as a friend of court shows"a disturbing lack of appreciation of the court's limited role."The man Sullivan appointed, John Gleeson, said Tuesday that he intended to respond to the judge's order by June 10.
These were the latest in an apparently unprecedented series of developments in Flynn's case. After pleading guilty in two separate hearings, he fired his lawyers, brought in new ones, and asked to withdraw his guilty pleas. The judge has yet to rule on that request or to set a final date for sentencing.
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