https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-national-security-adviser-flynn-faces-jan-28-sentencing-11576528438

WASHINGTON—A federal judge Monday rejected a last-ditch effort by former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s attorneys to dismiss the criminal case against him and set a sentencing date of Jan. 28.

Mr. Flynn, who briefly served as President Trump’s first national security adviser, pleaded guilty two years ago to a single count of lying to investigators about his contact with the Russian ambassador. He became a cooperating witness in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation while awaiting sentencing.

Relations between Mr. Flynn and the government grew acrimonious earlier this year after Mr. Flynn replaced his longtime legal counsel at the firm Covington & Burling and retained Sidney Powell, a conservative lawyer and television commentator.

Ms. Powell accused the government of withholding evidence from the defense and had asked for the case against Mr. Flynn to be dismissed—even though he had pleaded guilty—a long-shot legal maneuver.

In an opinion released Monday, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan rejected the effort to dismiss the case and moved to sentence Mr. Flynn. “It is undisputed that Mr. Flynn not only made those false statements to the FBI agents, but he also made the same false statements to the Vice President and senior White House officials, who, in turn, repeated Mr. Flynn’s false statements to the American people on national television,” Judge Sullivan concluded.

Mr. Flynn was charged with lying to investigators during his 24-day stint as national security adviser in the early weeks of the Trump administration about his interactions with the Russian ambassador.