A federal appeals court in Washington on Monday declined to order the dismissal of the Michael Flynn prosecution, permitting a judge to scrutinize the U.S. Justice Department's request to dismiss its case against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser. His lawyers then sought to bypass Sullivan and obtain an order from the federal appeals court that would have required the judge to immediately force the judge to dismiss the case. House loses ruling on former White House lawyer McGahnIn a separate 2-1 ruling that is likely to be appealed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Former White House counsel Don McGahn is shown at a Senate judiciary committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2018. (Saul Loeb/The Associated Press)Court cases over the testimony of presidential advisers are rare because the White House and Congress typically reach an agreement.

Source: CBC News August 31, 2020 17:35 UTC