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Flynn lawyer hopes bombshell documents will change narrative as he returns to court Tuesday

In this Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Michael Flynn returns to court Tuesday armed with last week’s bombshell revelations about the FBI’s anti-Trump jihad that ensnared him.

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2017, file photo, visitors look at a scale model of a Chinese aircraft carrier during an exhibition to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army at the military museum in Beijing. China is protesting the alleged incursion of a U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane into a no-fly zone imposed during live-fire military exercises in the country's north in a statement issued Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. bracing for Chinese takeover of region amid military buildup

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Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is a focus of the press with former Vice President Joseph R. Biden accused of sexual misconduct. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Supreme Court nomination battles turned nastier as Dems abandoned norms, unleashed attacks

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Judge Amy Coney Barrett listens as President Donald Trump announces Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats eye ways to slow Barrett’s confirmation: ‘Maybe days at the most’

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In this Feb. 11, 2017, file photo, pro-choice counterprotesters hold signs supporting a woman's right to choose abortion, as nearby anti-abortion activists held a rally in front of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, in Denver. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, pay their respects to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she lies in state in the U.S. Capitol on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on Sept. 18 and is the first women to lie in state at the Capitol. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

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A sign at a Whole Foods in Lake Oswego, Ore., advises that the store is closed due to poor air quality Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Another sign said all Whole Foods stores in the Portland Metro area will be closed at least through Thursday due to air quality. People across the West struggled under acrid-yellowish green smog from raging wildfires that seeped into homes and businesses, sneaked into cars through air conditioning vents and caused the temporary closure of iconic locations such as Powell's Books and the Oregon Zoo. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus) ** FILE **

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