Washington judge

A Washington judge has put on ice the U.S. Justice Department’s extraordinary move to drop its prosecution of former White House national security advisor Michael Flynn.

The stalling came after an outside group calling themselves “Watergate Prosecutors” sought to intervene in the case.

Judge Emmet Sullivan said in a court filing that he would open the case for independent “friend of the court” or “amicus curiae” briefs after Attorney General Bill Barr’s stunning reversal of the three-year-old case, which came even though Flynn had pleaded guilty twice.

Sullivan said he anticipates individuals and organisations would like to have their say …