Judge dismisses Flynn case following pardon from Trump

Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn, who has been pardoned by the president despite twice admitting guilt (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the criminal case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn but pointedly noted a pardon Flynn received from the president last month did not mean he was innocent.

The order from US District Judge Emmet Sullivan was expected in light of the pardon from President Donald Trump that wiped away Mr Flynn’s conviction for lying to the FBI during the Russia investigation.