A federal judge on Tuesday said he would not immediately approve the Department of Justice’s motion to drop charges against former Trump administration national security adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, and would instead consider letting outside parties weigh in on the case with their opinions.
D.C. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said in a written order late Tuesday that instead of dismissing the Flynn prosecution right away, “given the current posture of this case,” he anticipated that interested outside parties will “seek leave of the Court” to file briefs expressing their opinions, referred to as “amicus curiae”—or friend-of-the-court—briefs.
