Mike Flynn has raked in $2 million for himself and family as he bleeds his non-profit dry

Former Donald Trump adviser Mike Flynn has used his notoriety as a MAGA cheerleader to go from an obscure military officer to the head of a non-profit that he is bleeding dry with a massive salary for himself and paying a wide array of relatives.

According to a report from the New York Times, after two years Flynn's non-profit America’s Future Inc. "was running in the red, burning through reserves — and still paying $518,000, or 29 percent of its budget" to the retired general and his family.

At one point, Flynn used donations to pay himself a salary $40,000 for a two-hour workweek.

As the Times' David A. Fahrenthold and Alexandra Berzon wrote, Flynn's nonprofit has employed "one of his brothers, two of his sisters, his niece and his sister-in-law," and that "A New York Times investigation found Flynn family members had made at least $2.2 million monetizing Michael Flynn’s right-wing stardom in recent years, with more than half of that going to Mr. Flynn directly," adding, "That total includes several payments not previously reported, but it is still a low estimate, since not all financial records are public."

The report notes that there are questions about whether America's Future Inc., which is based on spreading conspiracy theories, has "properly disclosed its payments to Mr. Flynn’s relatives."

"Mr. Flynn and his relatives did not respond directly to questions. A lawyer for Mr. Flynn, Jesse Binnall, said in an interview that the Flynns had earned their payments from America’s Future and other groups and that any errors in their filings were unintentional," the Times is reporting.

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