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U.S. Attorney John Durham's criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation could disrupt the case against retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, according to a top House Republican.Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, told Fox Business on Thursday that there are two factors that could shake up the protracted legal fight."I think a couple things could intercede here. One could be that Durham or another U.S. attorney comes up with indictments," the California congressman said. "The second thing is that there could be more evidence that could show up."Durham's investigation, which Democrats fear could amount to an "October surprise," is expected to produce a report by the end of the summer, .A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., involving the Justice Department's motion to drop the prosecution of President Trump's former national security adviser. Nunes contended that the court is "overwhelmingly" Democratic and is trying to "stall" with less than 100 days until Election Day.Flynn, a target of the special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, pleaded guilty in December 2017 to about his conversations with a Russian envoy during the presidential transition period. After changing legal teams, Flynn started to argue this year he was innocent and had been set up by the FBI. The Justice Department then moved to drop the prosecution, but the judge overseeing the case, Emmet Sullivan, has resisted immediately doing so.U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Jensen was picked by Attorney General William Barr to review the case. The top federal prosecutor in St. Louis has unearthed a host of documents deemed exculpatory by Flynn’s legal team.

U.S. Attorney John Durham's criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation could disrupt the case against retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, according to a top House Republican.Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, told Fox Business on Thursday that there are two factors that could shake up the protracted legal fight."I think a couple things could intercede here. One could be that Durham or another U.S. attorney comes up with indictments," the California congressman said. "The second thing is that there could be more evidence that could show up."Durham's...

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