Gleeson’s reply brief concludes the Department of Justice’s motion to dismiss the case should be denied, after former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn pled guilty to the charges. “To describe the Government’s Motion to Dismiss as irregular would be a study in understatement,” Gleeson wrote. The Government’s motion should therefore be denied.”When Gleeson was still serving as a judge, he wrote in 2013 that prosecutors have "near-absolute power" to dismiss a case. MICHAEL FLYNN CASE: ORAL ARGUMENTS SET ON MOTION TO DISMISS CASEThe Justice Department’s motion to dismiss raised such concerns about investigators' conduct. When Attorney General Bill Barr moved to dismiss the charges against Flynn on grounds of prejudice, Judge Sullivan declined to rule on the motion.

Source: Fox News September 11, 2020 18:33 UTC