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USA v. FLYNN

  1. July 10, 2020

    Flynn Case Paused, DC Circ. Weighing Judge's En Banc Bid

    The D.C. Circuit hit the brakes Friday on a panel's recent ruling instructing a federal judge to immediately grant the government's request to end the prosecution of former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn as the full appeals court considers whether to rehear the matter.

  2. June 17, 2020

    Flynn Blasts 'Partisan Assault' By Court-Appointed Counsel

    Michael Flynn claimed on Wednesday that a retired federal judge had engaged in a "personal and partisan assault" after he was tapped to argue against the government's move to dismiss the case against the former Trump national security adviser.

  3. June 10, 2020

    Retired Judge Calls DOJ's Flynn Flip 'Gross Abuse Of Power'

    The U.S. Department of Justice's attempt to drop Michael Flynn's case is a "gross abuse of prosecutorial power," a retired federal judge tapped to make the case against the DOJ's move said Wednesday, just days before the D.C. Circuit is set to hear an emergency petition Flynn lodged seeking immediate dismissal. 

  4. June 05, 2020

    Indicted Flynn Associate Wants To Weigh In On DOJ Dismissal

    A former associate of Michael Flynn asked a D.C. federal judge Friday for permission to file an amicus brief in support of the government's bid to drop the one-time Trump administration national security adviser's prosecution, saying a dismissed Virginia criminal case he's connected to was initially used to force Flynn to reach a plea deal. 

  5. June 01, 2020

    Judge Defends Refusal To 'Rubber Stamp' DOJ's Flynn Move

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday defended his decision to probe the government's abrupt request to abandon former national security adviser Michael Flynn's criminal case, telling the D.C. Circuit he has appropriately decided to seek outside input and isn't bound by any court rule or judicial precedent "to serve as a mere rubber stamp."

  6. May 29, 2020

    Ex-Judges Slam Flynn's Appeal In Dismissal Bid Fight

    A group of retired federal judges urged the D.C. Circuit on Friday to reject a petition by Michael Flynn asking the appeals court to order a judge to immediately grant the Trump administration's controversial request to dismiss the criminal case against the president's former national security adviser.

  7. May 24, 2020

    Judge Taps Kavanaugh's Atty To Fight Flynn's Dismissal Bid

    A D.C. federal judge overseeing Michael Flynn's prosecution has hired a high-powered trial attorney to defend his decision to examine the government's request to toss the case, a person familiar with the hiring told Law360 Sunday. 

  8. May 19, 2020

    Flynn Asks DC Circ. To Toss Case, Reassign 'Biased' Judge

    Former Donald Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn mounted an emergency court action Tuesday asking the D.C. Circuit to order a district judge to immediately grant the U.S. Department of Justice's request to throw out his prosecution and to assign a new judge to handle any further proceedings.

  9. May 18, 2020

    Debevoise Partner Asks For Oral Arguments In DOJ Flynn Flip

    The Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner and former U.S. district judge tapped to oppose the government's bid to toss onetime national security adviser Michael Flynn's prosecution has asked a D.C. federal judge for a June 10 deadline to file his initial brief and requested that oral arguments be set.

  10. May 14, 2020

    Meet The Debevoise Partner Set To Fight DOJ's Flynn Flip

    Retired New York federal judge and Debevoise & Plimpton partner John Gleeson emerged this week as a key figure in the criminal case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn after a D.C. federal judge tapped him to serve as amicus curiae and explore a perjury charge against Flynn.

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