A U.S. federal judge ruled in favor of the relatives of former national security adviser Michael Flynn Thursday, allowing them to move forward with a lawsuit against CNN.

The relatives, Flynn's brother and sister-in-law, allege that CNN wrongly portrayed them as QAnon conspiracy followers, according to a report.

While U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Woods mostly upheld a magistrate judge's recommendation to throw out the pair's defamation case, he allowed the Flynns to proceed with accusations that CNN portrayed them in a "false light."

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Records will be turned over to the Flynns by CNN, and the network's reporters and producers will be required to give sworn depositions, according to the report.

"Whether the Flynns were QAnon followers, and in particular, whether the Flynns were 'followers' as that word is understood in the context of CNN's publication, is a highly fact-intensive inquiry," Woods said.

The Flynns categorically deny that they are QAnon followers.

Their status as private figures requires that they only demonstrate that CNN was negligent in the network's portrayal of the couple, the report noted.

The legal team for CNN posited that Twitter posts from Jack Flynn, Michael Flynn's brother, demonstrate that he followed critical doctrines of QAnon, according to the case.

However, those tweets are unable to be appropriately evaluated by the court at this time, Woods said.

"Even though the tweets express support for QAnon and are therefore evidence that the Flynns were QAnon followers, the Court cannot weigh evidence in deciding a motion to dismiss," he wrote. "Instead, the Court's task is to assess the legal feasibility of the complaint."

The tweets also fail to establish direct evidence that the Flynns were QAnon adherents, Woods noted.

"The Flynns' tweets do not conclusively contradict their factual allegations," he said.

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The plaintiffs allege that CNN defamed them through social media postings and stories, and they are pursuing $75 million in damages.