The judge in the United States in the case of former adviser to the US President Michael Flynn, who was accused of perjury, did not stop the process, and was allowed to apply and act on the process to third parties, so-called "friends of the court".
Former adviser to the President of Donald trump on national security Flynn, who in 2017 a few days held this post, has pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI about his conversation with then-Russian Ambassador to US Sergey Kislyak. Subsequently, data were published correspondence inside the FBI, from which it followed that the agents consciously trying to bring Flynn on false testimony. Last week, the U.S. justice Department has refused criminal prosecution of the ex-Advisor. Trump believes that the case against Flynn was fabricated, and blames the administration of former President-Democrat Barack Obama.
In its decision Tuesday, judge Emmet Sullivan points to the practice of "amicus curiae" (literally "friend of the court"), when not participating in the process a person or organization can provide the court required, in their opinion, information for the implementation of justice. While Sullivan only refers to the fact that the appearance of these "friends" maybe, "given the situation in the process". The decision on the appointment of such hearings (briefing) the judge will take in the future.
In connection with the withdrawal of the charges against Flynn with the Prosecutor’s office, this solution can be interpreted as helping his opponents, and in General the opponents of the trump who achieve a conviction. Now they have the opportunity to present the court with new information that could delay the process.
The trial in the case Flynn is just one of the episodes of the confrontation between trump and his fellow Republicans and Democrats in the context of the presidential election in November 2020. Democrats have accused the President of "collusion" with the Russian authorities. The investigation in 2017-2019 years conducted independent spectracolor Robert Mueller, who found no evidence of collusion, but confirmed an earlier accusations against Russia of meddling in the election in 2016. Russia denies such accusations.
