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Government Corruption
Retired General Mike Flynn reaches $1.25M settlement with feds over Russia collusion pursuit
[Just The News] Retired General Mike Flynn on Wednesday settled his lawsuit accusing the federal government of malicious prosecution during the now-discredited Russia collusion case and will receive $1.25 million in compensation.

Flynn, who was forced to resign as President Donald Trump's first national security advisor after a stellar career as a three-star general, overseeing the Defense Intelligence Agency, told Just the News he felt vindicated by the settlement after enduring what he called "the Russian Hoax FBI lawfare against me."

"Nothing can fully compensate for the hell that my family and I have endured over these many years—the relentless attacks, the destruction of reputations, the financial ruin, and the profound personal toll inflicted upon us all," he said. "No amount of money or formal resolution can erase the pain caused by a prosecution that should never have been brought."

"This ordeal stemmed from partisan government officials in a coordinated effort to pursue an innocent man as part of a broader campaign to undermine President Trump and his administration. It was a relentless, partisan pursuit that weaponized federal law enforcement in a brazen and unjust manner," he said.

Flynn sued the DOJ for $50 million in 2023 for malicious and politicized prosecution by Special Prosecutor Robert Muel
Stray gamma rays at Just The News, I guess. That’s meant to be Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller.
Flynn thanked the Trump DOJ for entering into a settlement.


Posted by: Besoeker || 08/13/2026 01:38 || Comments || Link || [336 views] Top|| File under:

#1  One and a quarter million dollars is chicken feed.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/13/2026 11:01 Comments || Top||

#2  Hopefully they also picked up his legal tab
Posted by: Frank G || 08/13/2026 12:19 Comments || Top||

#3  At least he got something. I would demand a plate of gold with an apology carved into it as well.
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/13/2026 13:09 Comments || Top||

#4  To hell with that! Pay me the Epstein Kash Patel refuses to arrest anyone involved. Gitmo his arse. Send Trump down there to for refusing to fire Patel.

Our nation is done.
Posted by: Woodrow || 08/13/2026 17:31 Comments || Top||

#5  Flynn is an American hero.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/13/2026 17:43 Comments || Top||

#6  Imagine how the FBI would have gone after his family if they had FLOCK set up back then.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 08/13/2026 19:10 Comments || Top||


FBI had 14 informants on Biden corruption but ran secret op to dismiss evidence as disinformation
[Just The News] The FBI and U.S. spy agencies received derogatory evidence about Joe Biden from 14 different informants but embarked on a secret operation to tamp down a Ukrainian corruption scandal engulfing his family during the 2020 election by formally designating Attorney General Bill Barr, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, key members of Congress and journalists as Russian disinformation "conduits," according to explosive intelligence community documents declassified by the White House.

A spreadsheet that was recovered from U.S. intelligence agency files and made public Wednesday by the White House Government Transparency Task Force shows that spy agencies and the FBI created a list of more than six dozen prominent organizations, Americans or foreigners who became figures in the Biden family Ukraine scandal and the 2019 impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.

The spreadsheet neatly divided figures along political lines, with Democrats like the Bidens, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama and George Soros listed as victimized "targets" of Russian disinformation and conservatives like Fox News, One America News, filmmaker Michael Caputo and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani as "conduits" for disinformation.

The FBI also labeled two of President Donald Trump’s first-term Cabinet secretaries, Pompeo and Barr, as well as Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley, Ron Johnson and Lindsey Graham and House GOP committee chairmen Devin Nunes and Jim Jordan as "conduits" even while they all investigated whether the allegations of corruption against the Biden family were true.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/13/2026 01:32 || Comments || Link || [189 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Morning Briefing: Cute Couple — Tucker Carlson and Hunter Biden Find Each Other
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 08/13/2026 3:53 Comments || Top||

#2  "Conduits for disinformation."

How ironic. The bureau gave birth to the term.

Posted by: Besoeker || 08/13/2026 4:08 Comments || Top||

#3 

An the arrests and/or dismissals will happen when?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/13/2026 4:36 Comments || Top||



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