
Michael Flynn addresses the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Arena in 2016. (mark reinstein / Shutterstock.com)
On Tuesday, federal district Judge Emmet Sullivan said he wouldn't immediately dismiss the charges against President Donald Trump's ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn — and invited other parties to submit briefs to the court weighing in on the case.
Former federal prosecutors on social media were surprised by the move — but many of them praised Sullivan for declining to take the DOJ's arguments at face value.