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  1. September 11, 2023

    Feds Drop Foreign Agent Charges Against Ex-Flynn Partner

    A Virginia federal judge on Monday dismissed with prejudice the U.S. Department of Justice's case against a former business partner of Michael Flynn accused of secretly acting as an agent of the Turkish government during the 2016 election.

  2. January 25, 2023

    4th Circ. Asked To Affirm Conviction Of Ex-Flynn Partner, Again

    Federal prosecutors asked a Fourth Circuit panel on Wednesday to once again reinstate the unregistered foreign lobbying conviction of a former business partner of Michael Flynn, contending a Virginia federal judge wrongly threw out a jury conviction and ordered a new trial because he disagreed with the jury's conclusions.

  3. April 25, 2022

    FARA Prosecutors May Get Lessons In Flynn Ex-Partner Case

    The prosecution of a former business partner of ex-Trump White House national security adviser Michael Flynn, who was found guilty of acting as an unregistered foreign agent in 2016, is entering a contentious legal phase after a Virginia federal judge for the second time threw out a jury verdict, teeing up another showdown at the Fourth Circuit.

  4. September 07, 2021

    Feds Say Classified Info Off-Limits To Ex-Partner Of Flynn

    Federal prosecutors are fighting a bid by the former business partner of Trump-era national security adviser Michael Flynn to compel disclosure of classified material the government used to secure his conviction for illegal foreign lobbying, telling a Virginia federal judge that the defendant is not entitled to sensitive information to develop arguments for holding a new jury trial.

  5. August 23, 2021

    Ex-Flynn Partner Demands Classified Info Amid New Trial Bid

    A former business partner of Michael Flynn has asked a Virginia federal judge to compel the disclosure of classified material that prosecutors asserted in their protest to his renewed request for a new trial, a move coming months after the Fourth Circuit reinstated his unregistered foreign lobbying conviction.

  6. May 14, 2021

    DOJ, Flynn Associate Spar Over Renewed Bid For A New Trial

    The Fourth Circuit's recent decision reinstating the unregistered foreign lobbying conviction of a former business partner of Michael Flynn and remanding the case for further proceeding does not warrant an inquiry into whether a new trial is necessary, prosecutors told a Virginia federal judge.

  7. April 27, 2021

    4th Circ. Declines To Rehear Ex-Flynn Partner's Conviction

    The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday refused to rethink a panel's recent decision to reinstate the conviction of a former business partner of Michael Flynn who also advised Donald Trump's presidential transition team.

  8. March 18, 2021

    4th Circ. Revives Guilty Verdict Against Ex-Flynn Partner

    The Fourth Circuit on Thursday reinstated the conviction of a former business partner of Michael Flynn who also advised Donald Trump's transition team, ruling that a Virginia trial judge erroneously dismissed a jury verdict finding him guilty of unregistered foreign lobbying.

  9. December 19, 2019

    The Biggest White Collar Cases Of 2019

    From men on the periphery of a presidential scandal to rich parents bribing their kids' way into college, 2019 was rife with headline-grabbing white collar cases, even while prosecutors suffered defeat in some of their most complicated fraud trials. Here, Law360 looks back at a few of the biggest white collar rulings of 2019.

  10. September 24, 2019

    Flynn Associate Sees Conspiracy Conviction Thrown Out

    A Virginia federal judge ruled Tuesday to acquit a former business associate of Michael Flynn, finding that prosecutors had showed insufficient evidence that he was working as an unregistered agent of the Turkish government.

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