DOJ settles with former Trump adviser Michael Flynn over wrongful prosecution

DOJ settles with former Trump adviser Michael Flynn over wrongful prosecution


The Justice Department has agreed to pay President Donald Trump‘s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, to resolve his lawsuit alleging he was wrongfully prosecuted during the Russia investigation, according to a court filing submitted Wednesday.

The filing, submitted jointly on Wednesday by Flynn’s legal team and attorneys for the Trump DOJ, stated the parties reached an agreement to dismiss the case in exchange for “settlement funds.” The terms of the deal, including how much Flynn will receive, were not disclosed.

Michael Flynn.Former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, Michael Flynn, appears in court on Nov. 15, 2022, in Sarasota, Florida, to try to quash an order to appear before a Georgia special purpose grand jury investigating attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. (Mike Lang/Sarasota Herald-Tribune via AP, Pool)

The settlement marks a significant turn in one of the most politically charged legal sagas stemming from the Trump-Russia investigation during

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