A federal judge made clear Tuesday that he would not immediately rule on the Justice Department's decision to dismiss its criminal case against former
Trump Administration national security adviser Michael Flynn, saying he would instead let outside individuals and groups weigh in with their opinions.
The move suggests U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan is not inclined to automatically rubber-stamp the department's plan to dismiss the Flynn prosecution.
Flynn pleaded guilty, as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's
Russia investigation, to lying to the
FBI about conversations with the then-Russian ambassador to the
United States during the presidential transition period.