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DOJ settles with ex-Trump adviser for US$1.2 million over ‘historic injustice’

South China Morning Post · · 275 words · By Associated Press
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a $1.2 million settlement with former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who claimed the criminal case against him was a 'malicious prosecution.' The settlement resolves a 2023 lawsuit where Flynn sought $50 million, marking a shift from the DOJ's previous stance under the Biden administration. The DOJ framed the settlement as addressing a 'historic injustice' related to the Russia investigation.

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8 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The US Justice Department has settled for roughly US$1.2 million a lawsuit from Michael Flynn.”
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Wikipedia entries only confirm the case was dismissed in 2020 after a pardon, but do not mention a $1.2 million settlement. No other sources corroborate the settlement amount.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael Thomas Flynn (born 24 December 1958) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 24th U.S. national security advisor for the first 22 days of the first Trump administr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States v. Flynn was a criminal case in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia which was dismissed without any convictions in December 2020 following a presidential pardon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Flynn
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Pelham Barr (born May 23, 1950) is an American attorney who served as United States Attorney General in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and again in the fir…
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“Michael Flynn, who was pardoned by Donald Trump in 2020, asserted that the case against him amounted to a malicious prosecution.”
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Wikipedia confirms Flynn was pardoned in 2020 but does not mention his assertion of malicious prosecution. No other sources corroborate this specific claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since Donald Trump was a 2016 candidate for the office of President of the United States, multiple suspicious links between Trump associates and Russian officials were discovered by the FBI, a special…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael Thomas Flynn (born 24 December 1958) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 24th U.S. national security advisor for the first 22 days of the first Trump administr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On August 24, 2023, after being indicted on racketeering and related charges, Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States who went on to win the 2024 presidential election, voluntarily …
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“The US Justice Department has settled for roughly US$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.”
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Wikipedia confirms Flynn's role in the Russia investigation and his pardon but does not mention a guilty plea to lying to the FBI. No other sources corroborate this specific detail.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since Donald Trump was a 2016 candidate for the office of President of the United States, multiple suspicious links between Trump associates and Russian officials were discovered by the FBI, a special…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael Thomas Flynn (born 24 December 1958) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 24th U.S. national security advisor for the first 22 days of the first Trump administr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian government conducted foreign electoral interference in the 2016 United States elections with the goals of sabotaging the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, boosting the presidential…
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“Court papers filed Wednesday do not reveal the settlement amount, but a person familiar with the matter confirmed the total as about US$1.2 million.”
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“The settlement resolves a 2023 lawsuit in which Flynn sought at least US$50 million and asserted that the criminal case against him amounted to a malicious prosecution.”
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“Attorney General Pam Bondi, a former personal lawyer for the president, has openly criticised the Russia investigation in which Flynn was charged.”
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“The Justice Department cast the settlement as an 'important step in redressing' what it says was a 'historic injustice' of the Russia investigation that shadowed Trump for much of his first term.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm the DOJ's statement about the case being a 'test case for the rule of law'.
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“This Department of Justice will continue to pursue accountability at all levels for this wrongdoing. Such weaponisation of the federal government must never be allowed to happen again.”
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