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Michael Flynn

Official Defense Intelligence Agency portrait of Michael Flynn.
Source: Defense Intelligence Agency; photographer not identified · Rights/use: Public domain, United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized
PersonPrison & pardons14 relationships

Trump's first national security adviser, who pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI and later received a Trump pardon.

Relationship to Trumpformer Trump national security adviserpolitical / 1 source

Status

  1. Full Trump pardonlegal / 2020-11-251 source · Lead source
  2. Former national security adviseroffice / 2017-02-131 source · Lead source
  3. Resigned as national security adviser after 24 daysoffice / 2017-02-13–2017-02-132 sources · Lead source

Exact relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to Trumpformer Trump national security adviser

    politicalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  2. Flynn Intel Group

    consulting-firm principal

    businessOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  3. Donald J. Trump

    former Trump national security adviser

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  4. Donald J. Trump

    former national security adviser pardoned by Trump

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  5. Donald J. Trump

    national security adviser and clemency recipient

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  6. Donald J. Trump

    national security adviser and clemency recipient

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 3 sourcesdocumented
  7. Donald J. Trump

    national security adviser and clemency recipient

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  8. Donald J. Trump

    national security adviser and clemency recipient

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  9. Donald J. Trump

    national security adviser and clemency recipient

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  10. Donald J. Trump

    national security adviser and clemency recipient

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  11. Donald J. Trump

    national security adviser and clemency recipient

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  12. Donald J. Trump

    national security adviser and clemency recipient

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  13. Donald J. Trump

    national security adviser and clemency recipient

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  14. Donald J. Trump

    national security adviser and clemency recipient

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented

Record timeline

  1. Flynn asks Russia not to escalate after Obama imposes election-interference sanctionsConduct formed the basis of Flynn's false-statement plea; Trump later pardoned himnational security adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 2 sources
  2. Flynn serves as Trump's national security adviserFormer national security adviserformer Trump national security adviser · documented · 1 source
  3. Flynn gives the FBI false answers about his Kislyak conversationsGuilty plea later withdrawn; prosecution targeted for dismissal; conviction covered by Trump pardonnational security adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 2 sources
  4. White House leaves Pence uninformed for days after learning Flynn misled himFlynn resigned February 13; Pence said the trust breach justified departurenational security adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 1 source
  5. Flynn resigns after the White House says he misled PenceFormer national security adviser; later pardoned by Trumpnational security adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 2 sources
  6. Trump privately asks Comey to let the Flynn investigation goMueller analyzed the incident as potential obstruction evidence; no court adjudicated Trump on itnational security adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 2 sources
  7. Flynn firm retroactively discloses $530,000 Turkey-linked lobbying projectRetroactive FARA filing made; Flynn was not convicted of a FARA offensenational security adviser and clemency recipient · consulting-firm principal · documented · 1 source
    1. revenueTurkey-linked lobbying contract payments$530,000
      Revenue source
      Inovo BV
      Revenue recipient
      Flynn Intel Group
      realized · 2017-03-07 · observedPopulation Payments to Flynn Intel Group for the Inovo BV project disclosed under FARAPeriod 2016-08-01 to 2016-11-30Basis Use the contract/payment total in the retroactive FARA disclosure as reported by AP.Limits The amount is firm revenue, not Flynn's personal after-expense income; the source does not allocate profit.Open cited evidence
  8. Trump sends Flynn a private 'stay strong' message during the Russia investigationInvestigative evidence; no standalone court finding against Trumpnational security adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 1 source
  9. Michael Flynn pleads guilty to false statementsPleaded guilty December 1, 2017; pardoned November 25, 2020 before sentencingformer Trump national security adviser · documented · 1 source
  10. Justice Department reverses course and moves to dismiss Flynn's prosecutionMotion was unresolved when Trump pardoned Flynn; court then dismissed the case as mootnational security adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 3 sources
  11. Trump pardons Michael FlynnPardoned by Donald Trumpformer national security adviser pardoned by Trump · documented · 1 source
  12. Flynn publicly urges military deployment and a new election in battleground statesProposal not adopted; Flynn joined the December 18 Oval Office meetingnational security adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 1 source
  13. Giuliani and Flynn join the December 18 Oval Office confrontation over overturning the resultProposals were not adopted; meeting documented by the January 6 committeenational security adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 1 source