A source familiar with the matter told Reuters that Wednesday's ruling will likely be appealed to a larger panel of the federal appeals court. Flynn agreed to plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversations with Russia's then-ambassador, Sergey Kislyak and then affirmed that was his plea in a court hearing. After the Justice Department took the highly unusual step of seeking to abandon the case against Flynn, Sullivan appointed Gleeson to argue against the Justice Department's request. Beth Wilkinson, a veteran Washington trial lawyer who argued the case on Judge Sullivan's behalf before the appeals court, declined to comment. A Justice Department spokeswoman said the department was "pleased" with Wednesday's decision.

Source: CBC News June 24, 2020 16:30 UTC