Judge tosses Michael Flynn's $50 million lawsuit that claimed he was prosecuted to 'derail and discredit'
Source: Law & Crime
Dec 11th, 2024, 1:08 pm
A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a $50 million lawsuit filed by former U.S. National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who sued the federal government, claiming he was wrongfully prosecuted for lying to the FBI about his conversations with agents of the Russian government.
Flynn in 2017 pleaded guilty to to one felony count of “willfully and knowingly making materially false statements and omissions to the Federal Bureau of Investigation” regarding conversations he had with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States.
He was pardoned by Donald Trump in November 2020.
Flynn filed the lawsuit in 2023, claiming he was the victim of “malicious prosecution and gross abuse of process” and sought “accountability and damages against the United States for these wrongs committed against General Flynn through its agents and agencies.”
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Full headline: Judge tosses Michael Flynn’s $50 million lawsuit that claimed he was prosecuted to ‘derail and discredit’ Trump’s 2020 presidential bid