DOJ settles lawsuit from Trump ally Michael Flynn for $1.2 million, AP source says
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Key Points:
- The Justice Department has agreed to a roughly $1.2 million settlement with Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to President Trump, resolving his 2023 lawsuit alleging malicious prosecution related to his guilty plea for lying to the FBI.
- Flynn's lawsuit claimed the Russia investigation was a "historic injustice" and sought at least $50 million, accusing the FBI and Justice Department of targeting him without evidence and coercing his guilty plea.
- The settlement marks a significant shift in the Justice Department's stance under the Biden administration, which had previously sought to dismiss Flynn's complaint but now calls the resolution an important step to address past wrongdoing.
- Flynn, who was pardoned by Trump in 2020, stated that no monetary settlement can compensate for the personal and financial toll the prosecution took on him and his family.
- Flynn had pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying about conversations with Russian diplomat Sergey Kislyak regarding sanctions, but later tried to withdraw his plea, arguing prosecutorial misconduct; the case was dismissed and ended with Trump's pardon.
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