Fifteen Republican attorneys general urged a federal judge presiding over Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn’s case to dismiss a criminal case against the retired general, arguing that a failure to do so would overstep the judge’s authority under the Constitution.
In a friend-of-the-court brief on Monday, the group of top prosecutors asserted that the separation of powers prevents the judge from compelling the Justice Department (DOJ), which is part of the executive branch, to prosecute a case.
