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#DOJ settles lawsuit from #Trump ally #MichaelFlynn for $1.2 million, AP source says

The “Justice” Dept has settled for roughly $1.2 million a lawsuit with Michael Flynn, the fmr national security adviser to Trump who pleaded #guilty during the Republican’s first term to lying about phone conversations with a top Russian diplomat but was later pardoned.

#law #corruption #propaganda #disinformation
https://apnews.com/article/trump-michael-flynn-russia-justice-department-7b1d493300b5336900cb508c855fd59d

DOJ settles lawsuit from Trump ally Michael Flynn for $1.2 million, AP source says

The Justice Department has settled for roughly $1.2 million a lawsuit with Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who pleaded guilty during the Republican’s first term to lying about phone conversations with a top Russian diplomat but was later pardoned. Court papers filed Wednesday do not reveal the settlement amount, but a person familiar with the matter, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to disclose nonpublic information, confirmed the total as about $1.2 million. The settlement resolves a 2023 lawsuit in which Flynn sought at least $50 million and asserted that the criminal case against him amounted to a malicious prosecution. It also represents a stark turnabout in position for the Justice Department.

AP News

Court papers filed Wednesday do not reveal the settlement amount, but a person familiar with the matter…confirmed the total as about $1.2 million.

The settlement resolves a 2023 lawsuit in which Flynn sought at least $50 million & asserted that the criminal case against him amounted to a malicious prosecution.

[if you played #guilty, then you are admitting that you broke the law. So how could it be malicious prosecution?]

#law #corruption #propaganda #disinformation #DOJ #Trump #MichaelFlynn

It also represents a stark turnabout in position for a #DOJ that during the #Biden admin had pressed a judge to dismiss the complaint. AG #PamBondi, a fmr personal lawyer for #Trump, has been a vocal critic of the #Russia investigation in which #MichaelFlynn was charged & the #FBI & DOJ over the last year have pushed out ofcls who participated in #criminal inquiries of Trump.

#law #corruption #propaganda #disinformation

The #DOJ cast the settlement as an “important step in redressing” what it says was a “historic injustice” of the #Russia investigation that shadowed #Trump for much of his first term.

…The settlement is the latest turn in the long-running legal saga involving #MichaelFlynn, one of 6 Trump associates charged as part of special counsel #RobertMueller’s investigation into potential ties between Russia & Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

#law #corruption #propaganda #disinformation #DOJ

@Nonilex
This is obscene. They were all guilty and prosecuted fairly. Flynn was a Russian asset? Or colluder? before being in the Administration. His Russia alignment is why he was chosen obviously. It's sickening that now they are paid taxpayer money. It makes so furious. ☠️ Flynn hated Obama. https://www.factcheck.org/2017/12/michael-flynns-russia-timeline/

Michael Flynn's Russia Timeline - FactCheck.org

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI, the U.S. Special Counsel's Office announced on Dec. 1. We outline some key events in the Russia investigation involving Flynn.

FactCheck.org

Rev Nathan Ⓥ↔️🇺🇦🇨🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱1d ago

@lin11c @Nonilex @tend2wobble and we get to pay for it all!

su_liam 19h ago

@lin11c So, is Flynn lying now, or was he lying when he admitted to collusion with Russia? He’s definitely a liar, but the one that makes him money seems to be the more convenient to him.

@su_liam
They change their story whenever it is convenient. Now to get money, of course he is lying.

@Nonilex General #MikeFlynn is an #enemyofthepeople

Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌22h ago

@lawyersgunsnmoney @Nonilex Treasonous Lunatic General Mike Flynn, supporter of a military coup like in Myanmar in the U.S., if you please!

@ArenaCops Yes, we could go on and on. He’s out there now working with the regime to rig the midterms. @Nonilex

Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌45m ago

@lawyersgunsnmoney @Nonilex Flynn should've been held to account, when the political Pentagon leadership wasn't MAGA-/white supremacist-/murder-cult-contaminated.

"...
Flynn wants to be the face of an insurgent military cabal.
The legal military authorities can’t toss him in the brig, and they shouldn’t turn him into a martyr in any case.

But they need to counter, quash, ridicule, and otherwise nip his dark ambitions in the bud.
They need to make clear, to one and all, that every moral and legal tenet of the U.S. armed forces, every idea animating American democracy, holds Michael Flynn in contempt.
..."
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/michael-flynn-coup-court-martial.html

The Military Can’t Let Michael Flynn Just Get Away With Supporting a Coup

The former national security adviser’s behavior is reckless and disgraceful. Is it also illegal?

Slate

I wonder if the DOJ’s response sets any kind of precedent. Because there are a bunch of possible lawsuits for malicious prosecution (done by Bondi’s clown car full of malicious prosecutors).

UncleRico 1d ago

@Nonilex Flag out theft and fry. Add it to the list of things to prosecute once Democrats get control of government again. And they better not wimp out again or try to reach across the aisle this time.

Shirley Eugest 1d ago

@Nonilex
Grifter awards fellow grifter.
Our tax dollars at work.

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@Nonilex They're just treating Justice like a piggybank these days.