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Michael Flynn

U.S. Army general and former U.S. National Security Advisor (born 1958)

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Michael Thomas Flynn (born 24 December 1958) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 24th U.S. national security advisor for the first 22 days of the first Trump administration. He resigned in light of reports that he had lied regarding conversations with Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak. Flynn's military career included a key role in shaping U.S. counterterrorism strategy and dismantling insurgent networks in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, and he was given numerous combat arms, conventional, and special operations senior intelligence assignments.

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🇺🇸 Trump administration to pay Michael Flynn in settlement over earlier prosecution (2026-03-25)
The former national security adviser sued during the Biden administration, alleging he was "politically targeted" for his association with Donald Trum...
🇺🇸 Justice Department settles lawsuit from Trump ally Michael Flynn for $1.2 million, AP source says (2026-03-25)
The Justice Department has settled for roughly $1.2 million a lawsuit with Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald Tru...
🇺🇸 AP report: Justice Department settles lawsuit from Trump ally Michael Flynn for $1.2 million (2026-03-25)
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 malici...
🇺🇸 US Justice Department settles lawsuit from Trump ally Flynn for undisclosed sum (2026-03-25)

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