General Michael Flynn just got a big payday.
The Department of Justice has just settled a lawsuit with General Michael Flynn.
Flynn filed a $50 million lawsuit against the DOJ in 2023 for maliciously targeting him due to his ties with President Trump.
On Wednesday, court records showed that the DOJ, under AG Pam Bondi, decided to settle the case.
NBC News broke the news of the settlement:
Michael Flynn and the Justice Department have agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, over his claims of political targeting in a 2017 case in which he initially pleaded guilty.
The parties notified a federal judge Wednesday in Florida that they had reached a settlement. The amount was not disclosed. Flynn had sued for $50 million in 2023, alleging malicious prosecution and abuse of process.
A judge previously tossed Flynn’s lawsuit in 2024. His attorneys filed an amended complaint last June, claiming the U.S. “improperly and politically targeted General Flynn because of his lawful association with the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump.”
Flynn celebrated the settlement, praising Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Justice Department and calling the original case against him “Russian Hoax FBI lawfare,” arguing it was “a prosecution that should never have been brought.”
He added that the settlement “goes far in demonstrating that the current Department of Justice—under the leadership of President Trump, Attorney General Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Blanche, and other dedicated departmental leaders—is committed to bringing accountability for the bad acts of those partisan actors.”
Flynn, one of Trump’s top campaign surrogates in 2016, was appointed national security adviser during Trump’s first term. His tenure was short-lived, however. He resigned after less than a month after it was revealed he had lied to Vice President-elect Mike Pence and administration officials about conversations he had had with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the transition.
BREAKING: Flynn Family statement about today’s DOJ settlement regarding my case.
______________Today, after ten years of fighting, I have reached a settlement agreement with the United States Government in my case regarding the Russian Hoax FBI lawfare against me.
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— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) March 26, 2026
Full Text:
Today, after ten years of fighting, I have reached a settlement agreement with the United States Government in my case regarding 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. 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
@realDonaldTrump
and his administration. It was a relentless, partisan pursuit that weaponized federal law enforcement in an audacious and unjust manner.Yet this settlement goes far in demonstrating that the current Department of Justice, under the leadership of President Trump, Attorney General Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Blanche, and other dedicated departmental leaders, is committed to bringing accountability for the bad acts of those partisan actors. It marks a meaningful step toward righting a profound wrong.
There should never again be such a brazen attempt to weaponize federal law enforcement against political opponents or innocent citizens. It is essential that we remain guardians of the rule of law. A huge part of that guardianship is accountability, holding those who abuse power to answer for their actions.
It is not this Department of Justice that created this crisis of politicized justice, but they are doing right by truly pursuing justice now—ensuring that the facts prevail and that such abuses are not repeated. This resolution, while imperfect, brings to an end this chapter of injustice. This small measure of accountability should help the nation heal regarding the abuses of the past. It allows my family and me to move forward.
My family and I remain grateful for the support of so many who stood by us. It was their support and our faith in God Almighty that sustained us and gave us the strength to endure. I will continue to advocate for the restoration of integrity in all our institutions.
AP reported how much Flynn got:
The Justice Department has settled for roughly $1.2 million a lawsuit from Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who pleaded guilty during the Republican’s first term to lying to the FBI about his conversations with a top Russian diplomat and was later pardoned.
Court papers filed Wednesday do not reveal the settlement amount, but a person familiar with the matter, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to disclose nonpublic information, confirmed the total as about $1.2 million.
The settlement resolves a 2023 lawsuit in which Flynn sought at least $50 million and asserted that the criminal case against him amounted to a malicious prosecution. It also represents a stark turnabout in position for a Justice Department that during the Biden administration had pressed a judge to dismiss Flynn’s complaint. Attorney General Pam Bondi, a former personal lawyer for the president, has openly criticized the Russia investigation in which Flynn was charged and the Justice Department in the last year has opened investigations into former officials who participated in that inquiry.
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