Michael Flynn

United States Army lieutenant general
Also known as: Michael Thomas Flynn

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Barr

  • William Barr
    In William Barr: Attorney general for the Trump administration

    …former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and Trump adviser Roger Stone. Flynn, who had twice pleaded guilty to lying to FBI investigators, saw the charges against him dismissed, only to have that dismissal reversed by a U.S. appellate court. In the Stone case, the Justice Department’s own sentencing recommendation…

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Comey

  • James Comey
    In James Comey: Memoir and later activities

    …drop the FBI inquiry into Michael T. Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser who was being investigated as part of the Russia probe. Shortly after the memo’s release, Robert Mueller was named special counsel to the Russia investigation. In June Comey appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee. He testified that…

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Mueller

  • Robert Mueller
    In Robert Mueller: Later work and Russia investigation

    Two months later Michael Flynn, who had briefly served as Trump’s national security adviser, pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI about his interactions with the Russian ambassador. According to reports, as part of the plea deal, Flynn agreed to cooperate with Mueller’s investigation.

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QAnon

  • QAnon
    In QAnon: Who was Q?

    …former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, or Republican political operative Roger Stone. Two teams of forensic linguists used machine learning to analyze thousands of Qdrops, and they determined that QAnon was most likely the work of South African software engineer Paul Furber and 8chan/8kun administrator Ron Watkins. Neither had…

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Trump

  • Donald Trump
    In Donald Trump: Russia investigation of Donald Trump

    …Trump’s new national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was forced to resign after press reports disclosed that Flynn had continued to serve in the White House despite a warning from the Justice Department that he was vulnerable to Russian blackmail for having lied to Vice President Pence about the substance of…

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