Legal experts caution that a defendant successfully withdrawing a guilty plea is rare and likely wouldn’t get him off the hook. But legal experts say there’s a high bar for a defendant to reach to successfully withdraw a guilty plea, though it’s not an impossible scenario. Even if the judge dismissed Flynn’s guilty plea, Mueller could still indict him, and charge him with other crimes in addition to lying to the FBI. As part of his guilty plea last year, Flynn agreed to cooperate with Mueller's Russia probe. In a written statement at the time of his plea, Flynn said his "guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the Special Counsel's Office reflect a decision I made in the best interests of my family and of our country.

Source: Fox News February 21, 2018 12:34 UTC