Earlier today President announced that he would be giving former National Secruity Advisor General Michael Flynn a pardon.
It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon. Congratulations to @GenFlynn and his wonderful family, I know you will now have a truly fantastic Thanksgiving!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 25, 2020
Have a great life General Flynn! https://t.co/Qj21mnMP0k
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 26, 2020
Gen Michael Flynn’s family thanked him with a statement:
Partial Transcript:
From the statement: For four long years, our family and millions of American patriots stood arm-in-arm together with our brother, General Michael T. Flynn, fighting the vicious, deep-rooted corruption of government institutions and vengeful individuals intent on destroying General Flynn and our country… Today, the Flynn family is grateful to President Donald J. Trump for answering our prayers and the prayers of a nation by removing the heavy burden of injustice… May God bless President Trump, his family and all families.
We covered the pardon yesterday:
According to a new report from Axios, President Trump is planning on pardoning former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Axios:
President Trump has told confidants he plans to pardon his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions tell Axios.
This would be welcome news. Gen. Flynn was set up.
The Federalist:Â
The unsealing last week of a series of documents in the Michael Flynn criminal case cemented the reality that a small cadre of high-level FBI agents set a perjury trap for President Trump’s then-national security advisor. Beyond exposing the depth of this despicable personal and political hit job on a 30-year military veteran, the newly discovered documents hold great legal significance. Here’s your legal primer.
We will update this as we learn more….
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