In what I am sure many of us fervently pray is the end of the detestable, disgraceful persecution of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, USA, Ret’d, the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has granted the Motion for a Writ of Mandamus filed on his behalf — from what I can determine an almost unheard of action by a Federal Court of Appeal — and ordered the bizarrely out of control District Judge to dismiss the case. 

Here is a good short summary of the action from Powerline’s Scott Johnson:

In a 2-1 opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has granted Michael Flynn’s petition for a writ of mandamus ordering Judge Emmet Sullivan to dismiss the case against General Flynn. I commented on the oral argument before the court here on June 12. I have embedded the panel opinion below along with the dissent.

Judge Rao’s opinion for the panel responds in detail to Judge Wilkins’s dissent. I think Judge Rao seeks to dissuade the D.C. Circuit from finding a way to rehear the case en banc under Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.

The Flynn case constitutes a sidebar to the biggest political scandal in American history by far. One can only hope that this is, as it should be, the end of the road for this utterly disgraceful case.

As pleased as I am for the General and his family and his astonishingly talented lawyer, Sidney Powell and her team, I fear that since this “Judge” (sorry, he relinquished the right to that honorific the day he called Gen. Flynn a traitor to his country) has the right to appeal for a rehearing to the Full Court, En Banc, and then to apply for Writ of Certiori to the Supreme Court. There is little reason to expect him to start acting like a reasonable member of the Federal Judiciary at this late date. 

Whatever happens on that front, this is a great day for Gen. Flynn and his family, and I salute him once again for his remarkable service to his Nation.