All posts tagged "Mike Flynn"

Some of Donald Trump's most loyal online supporters are pushing back against retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Trump's first national security adviser, after a report revealed he has registered as a foreign agent for a Bosnian Serb entity led by one of Vladimir Putin's closest European allies.

Scott McMahan, a conservative journalist who writes under the handle BiggerTruth and first reported the story roughly a month ago, confirmed Monday that Flynn has filed paperwork with the Justice Department's Foreign Agent Registration Act database on behalf of the Republic of Srpska, the Serb-dominated entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. The entity is led by Milorad Dodik, a Bosnian Serb politician widely described as Putin's most vocal ally in the Balkans. According to McMahan's reporting, Flynn is being paid $100,000 per month.

Catturd, the anonymous conservative social media personality with millions of followers and one of the MAGA movement's most recognizable voices, reacted with two words: "$100,000 per month?"...

The Department of Justice is discussing a massive cash settlement with Michael Flynn over his prosecution for lying to the FBI about his foreign contacts.

The retired U.S. Army general and former national security adviser pleaded guilty Dec. 1, 2017, to one felony count of lying to the FBI about his conversations with Russia's ambassador and President Donald Trump pardoned him in late 2020, but Flynn is now seeking $50 million over what he alleges was a wrongful prosecution, reported Bloomberg.

“Rogue FBI actors orchestrated a politically motivated hoax to attempt to shatter his life, all while staging a soft coup against President Trump, draining millions in lost opportunities and legal fees from Flynn while the government lavished payouts on those very bad-faith saboteurs,” wrote Flynn's attorney, Jesse Binnall, in a court filing....

Former Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, the controversial figure Donald Trump named to be his White House national security adviser, stunned observers with his answer to a question about potentially executing political enemies.

Flynn, who recently escalated violent rhetoric against Vice President Kamala Harris by calling her "an enemy of America" and saying we're at "war," was reportedly asked if he would consider "executing the swamp."

His answer shocked many observers. ...

Former Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, the controversial figure Donald Trump named to be his White House national security adviser, escalated violent rhetoric against Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday, calling her "an enemy of America" and saying we're at "war."

Sitting alongside conspiracy theorist and right-wing host Alex Jones, Flynn encouraged people to vote for the ex-president. But his plea did not stop there.

He went on to use war-time imagery to compel Trump supporters to the polls....

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, an associate of Donald Trump who played a prominent role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, has been hit with a sanctions bid in a defamation lawsuit against a former Republican activist.

Flynn, who held a MAGA doomsday prophecy event last year, reportedly sued former Lincoln Project veterans affairs adviser Fred Wellman for defamation "over three tweets that Wellman posted in February and March of 2022."

"The tweets described Flynn as 'a traitor' and accused him of being a paid agent of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Flynn is seeking $150 million in damages," according to Newsweek....