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=Thanks to the DOJ's help, is Flynn in the clear? Maybe not==

Bill Barr's Justice Department may want the case against

Michael Flynn to go away, but the federal judge overseeing

the case may disagree.

May 13, 2020, 10:50 AM EDT

By Steve Benen

"On the surface, the case against former foreign agent Michael Flynn appears to have run its course. Attorney General Bill Barr's Justice Department announced last week that it's dropping the charges, concluding that it cannot prove Flynn is guilty of the crimes to which he's already pleaded guilty.

But that doesn't necessarily mean the case is over and the defendant is in the clear.

On Monday, the Washington Post published an op-ed from three former federal prosecutors - John Gleeson, David O'Neil, and Marshall Miller - who argued that the federal judge overseeing the case, Emmet G. Sullivan, has "the authority, the tools and the obligation to assess the credibility of the department's stated reasons for abruptly reversing course."

The piece added that the Justice Department's motion to dismiss the Flynn case is "actually just a request" that a court needs to approve.

One day after the op-ed was published, NBC News reported that the judge in the Flynn case took "the unusual step" yesterday of "inviting briefs from third parties.""