Judge Sets Date for Hearing in Flynn Case on Motion to Dismiss

Judge Sets Date for Hearing in Flynn Case on Motion to Dismiss
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, departs the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse following a pre-sentencing hearing in Washington, on July 10, 2018. Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images
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The federal judge presiding over the case of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, a former national security adviser, has set a hearing date to resolve the Justice Department’s (DOJ) request to dismiss the case.

In a late-night order, U.S. District Court Judge Emmett Sullivan granted a motion to set an earlier deadline for the case and set a teleconference hearing for oral arguments on the DOJ’s motion to dismiss on Sept. 29.