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FLYNN FIGHT – The D.C. Circuit has directed the judge presiding over the case of Michael Flynn to respond to the former Trump national security adviser’s petition for a quick dismissal of his criminal prosecution. C. Ryan Barber reports that the appeals court set a June 1 deadline for Judge Emmet Sullivan to respond to Flynn’s challenge to his refusal to readily grant the DOJ’s move to dismiss the case, which accuses Flynn of lying to the FBI about his communications with a Russian ambassador.
