![How the DC Circuit Mangled Mandamus in the Flynn Case](https://www.jurist.org/commentary/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/Michael_Flynn_30023120134-1.jpg)
Wednesday’s decision by the D.C. Circuit granting General Mike Flynn’s petition for mandamus is a dangerous precedent. In directing US District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan to grant DOJ’s motion to dismiss the false statement charges against Flynn, the court disrupted orderly court proceedings. While I believe DOJ would have ultimately prevailed in due course, the [...]