Meet the federal judge who pulled a surprise in the Flynn case

Posted on AllSides May 13th, 2020
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National Security, Michael Flynn, Russia probe, Mueller report, law enforcement, federal judge

The fate of former national security adviser Michael Flynn lies in the hands of a federal judge with an established reputation of being a fiercely independent thinker.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, who was appointed to the bench in 1994 by former President Clinton, will determine whether to grant the request by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to drop charges against Flynn, who pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to federal agents about conversations he had with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

On Tuesday evening, Sullivan pulled a surprise, announcing...

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