A few weeks ago, the Department of Justice moved to dismiss the case against General Flynn.

This was the result of a review conducted by US Attorney Jeffrey Jensen of Missouri, who was assigned by Attorney General Barr.

Mr. Jensen uncovered evidence that the FBI under director James Comey, effectively set up a perjury trap for General Flynn, and there was no legitimate reason to be investigating Flynn to begin with.

About a week after the DOJ filed its motion to dismiss, Judge Emmett Sullivan, who was assigned the case after the original judge Rudy Contreras was recused, decided there must be some secret motive behind the DOJ’s motion to dismiss.

As a result, he decided that a retired judge by the name of John Gleeson would conduct a review, and determine whether Flynn should be charged with contempt for committing perjury when he pleaded guilty.

Sullivan also invited amicus briefs to be filed in support of his potential motion to deny the dismissal of the case.

This left the supporters of General Flynn in a state of shock and outrage.

Fortunately, he has solid representation in the form of counsel Sidney Powell.

Ms. Powell responded by filing a Writ of Mandamus with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to intervene in the case.  The petition asks the court to force Sullivan to dismiss the case.

The appeals court responded by ORDERING Judge Sullivan to personally respond to the petition within ten days.  This is viewed as an extremely rare move.

The court also invited the DOJ to file a brief, and other amicus briefs by interested parties to be filed with a deadline of June 5th.

Judge Sullivan subsequently hired a well-known DC Attorney Beth Wilkinson to handle his response to the court.

This was filed late Monday afternoon, and subsequently, the DOJ filed its brief shortly thereafter.

It was interesting to note that the DOJ’s brief was signed by the Solicitor General.  The Solicitor General usually only signs briefs that are to be argued before the Supreme Court…it is rare that they sign a brief to be argued before a Circuit court.

In other words, the DOJ sent the big guns in to show that it is unhappy with Judge Sullivan’s actions.

The court has now scheduled a hearing for Friday June 12th at 9:30 AM.  Flynn’s team gets 15 minutes to present arguments, as does the DOJ and then Judge Sullivan.

I suspect the appeals court will make its ruling within a week after the hearing.

Based upon the analyses I’ve been reading, Sullivan’s brief was unserious, as it did not address the two main issues brought up by the appeals court when they ordered Sullivan to respond.

As a result, many legal professionals suggest that the court will likely rule in Flynn’s favor.

However, this is Washington, DC we are talking about…  a town that despises President Trump and anyone associated with him.

Therefore, there are no guarantees.

Hopefully, this saga will come to an end sooner, rather than later, and General Flynn can finally get on with his life.