Michael Flynn
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 adviserTimeline
- 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
- Flynn serves as Trump's national security adviserFormer national security adviserformer Trump national security adviser · documented · 1 source
- Flynn gives the FBI false answers about his Kislyak conversationsGuilty plea later withdrawn; prosecution targeted for dismissal; conviction covered by Trump pardonnational security adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 2 sources
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 · documented · 1 source
revenueTurkey-linked lobbying contract payments$530,000 - Revenue source
- Inovo BV
- Revenue recipient
- Flynn Intel Group
- 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
- Michael Flynn pleads guilty to false statementsPleaded guilty December 1, 2017; pardoned November 25, 2020 before sentencingformer Trump national security adviser · documented · 1 source
- 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
- Trump pardons Michael FlynnPardoned by Donald Trumpformer national security adviser pardoned by Trump · documented · 1 source
- 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
- 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
Roles and relationships
Full Trump pardonlegal / 2020-11-25Former national security adviseroffice / 2017-02-13Resigned as national security adviser after 24 daysoffice / 2017-02-13–2017-02-13
Relationships
- national security adviser and clemency recipientlegalpoliticaldocumented · 10 files · 16 source referencesOpen cited record
- consulting-firm principalbusinessdocumented · 1 file · 1 source referenceOpen cited record
- former national security adviser pardoned by Trumplegalpoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 1 source referenceOpen cited record
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