DOJ Agrees to Pay Ex-Trump Adviser Michael Flynn in Settlement

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Source: Bloomberg

The US Justice Department has reached a financial settlement with Michael Flynn, a conservative activist and former official in the first Trump administration who sought millions of dollars from the government for what he alleged was a wrongful prosecution effort.

Lawyers for the government and for Flynn notified a federal judge in Florida on Wednesday that they had reached an agreement and that it would involve the payment of “settlement funds,” but didn’t disclose the amount or any other terms.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-25/doj-agrees-to-pay-ex-trump-adviser-michael-flynn-in-settlement

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NEW: DOJ has reached a financial settlement with Michael Flynn, the conservative activist and former Trump adviser who sought millions for what he alleged was a politically motivated prosecution. No $ details in court notice today, more to come
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— Zoe Tillman (@zoetillman.bsky.social) 2026-03-25T18:15:09.237Z

Flynn gets paid "roughly .2 million" in this corrupt bargain, ABC News reports.

abcnews.com/US/doj-pay-t...

— David Kurtz (@davidkurtz.bsky.social) 2026-03-25T21:32:29.934Z

[rubbersole]

1. But of course.

Eric and Don Jr need to sue the government for being ugly. That would be a big settlement.

[mobeau69]

2. Our money going to that bastard makes me sick.

[gab13by13]

4. A traitor who was indicted by Mueller,

[Midnight Writer]

3. Now they should pay Jerome Powell for wrongful prosecution.

[Bayard]

5. Sickening

Its not like he wasn't guilty, but trump makes sure it comes out of taxpayer money.

[bluestarone]

6. So much corruption! Trillions mean NOTHING to this bunch

Absolute worst thing that could happen to our country!! I just hope, somehow we get these fuckers in the end!!

[Tim S]

7. Oh, FFS! Because Flynn's treason didn't net him enough millions already? Putin must be grinning

[Vinca]

8. He fucking entered a plea of guilty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They're all shakedown artists.

[KPN]

24. Great point!

[aggiesal]

9. Mierda47 sued the DOJ for $230M ...

This is a setup for Mierda47 to claim, that since Flynn got paid, he should get his $230M.

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/trump-justice-department-compensation.html

[SunSeeker]

13. Flynn is getting $1M.

https://abcnews.com/US/doj-pay-trump-adviser-michael-flynn-1m-settle/story?id=131411111

[aggiesal]

16. Still believe this is a trial for Mierda47 $230M. He'll use this for his benefit ...

But Flynn pleaded guilty, why should he even get $1M?

[SunSeeker]

17. The only thing either of them should get is jail time.

This is nothing but an illegal gift of taxpayer dollars.

[aggiesal]

20. I agree. Flynn pleaded guilty. Why should he get any money? Nobody forced him to plead guilty, if he was harassed. n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Non-firewalled article - Flynn pleaded guilty at first

Flynn sued the government for $50 million, alleging that the FBI tried to entrap him in the early days of the Trump administration.

His accusations stemmed from a criminal case in which Flynn admitted to lying to the FBI about his interactions with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, and in a Justice Department disclosure regarding his lobbying firm’s work for Turkey in 2016. He agreed at the time to cooperate in the Mueller investigation, and helped special counsel Robert Mueller piece together several instances where it was later alleged President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct the investigation.

Just before he was set to be sentenced, Flynn asked the judge overseeing his prosecution to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea. The Justice Department later moved to drop the case against him, and Flynn was pardoned by Trump.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/25/politics/michael-flynn-settlement-justice-department

So he waited until Trump was back in power, and handing over public money to any old crony, and then demanded that he get a cut too. The grift never stops.

[SunSeeker]

11. This is theft of public funds!

[graycampervan]

18. Theft

When the SOB leaves office there won't be a nickle left.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. MaddowBlog-Trump's Justice Department agrees to financial settlement with Michael Flynn

The financial settlement with Ashli Babbitt’s family was indefensible. The payout to Trump’s former national security adviser is worse.

For Michael Flynn, the corrupt pardon he received wasn’t enough. He wanted a payout, too, claiming federal law enforcement subjected him to malicious prosecution when they charged him with crimes he’d twice pleaded guilty to.

Thanks to Trump’s DOJ, he’ll now get a taxpayer-financed check.

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-25T19:54:38.318Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-justice-department-agrees-to-financial-settlement-with-michael-flynn

This week, it happened again. MS NOW reported that Trump’s DOJ has struck a deal with former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn. Bloomberg News published a related report:

The Justice Department has reached a financial settlement with Michael Flynn, a conservative activist and former official in the first Trump administration who sought millions of dollars from the government for what he alleged was a wrongful prosecution effort.

Lawyers for the government and for Flynn notified a federal judge in Florida on Wednesday that they had reached an agreement and that it would involve the payment of “settlement funds,” but did not disclose the amount or any other terms.

The brief court filing alerting the court to the financial settlement was posted online Wednesday afternoon.

While we don’t yet know how much money Flynn will get, the fact that he’ll walk away with any amount of taxpayer money is outrageous.......

Late on a Wednesday afternoon, the day before Thanksgiving 2020, Trump quietly pardoned Flynn. It was among the most corrupt moves the president made during his first term.

The editorial board of The Washington Post (back when it was still the editorial board of The Washington Post) wrote soon after about Trump’s America: “Guilty is innocent; lies are truth; traitors are patriots. The question is not whether Mr. Trump has degraded the presidency. The question is how much long-term damage he has done. Will future presidents now feel free to use the pardon power — or the other vast powers of office — with such nakedly crooked motives? How many will calculate that they can make corruption appear to be patriotism as long as enough of the country wants to believe the lies they tell?”

The pardon, however, apparently wasn’t enough. Flynn wanted a payout, too, claiming federal law enforcement subjected him to malicious prosecution when they charged him with crimes he had twice pleaded guilty to.

Thanks to Trump’s DOJ, he’ll now get one.

[BootinUp]

14. OBJECTION!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. Justice Department settles lawsuit from Trump ally Michael Flynn for $1.2 million, AP source says

Evidently Flynn is getting $1.2 million in this travesty of justice

Link to tweet

https://apnews.com/article/trump-michael-flynn-russia-justice-department-7b1d493300b5336900cb508c855fd59d

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

[Renew Deal]

21. They are paying off all of their dirty friends

[Grins]

22. I HATE that traitorous Russian asset!

Tracking him for years. Only Trump’s DoJ would stoop so low.

[radical noodle]

23. One step away from settling with trump for millions

or billions.

Can the judge stop it?

[oasis]

25. Crooked to the core. Flynn, DOJ, Trump.

Scammers, grifters and traitors.

[Historic NY]

26. Traitor

[Figarosmom]

27. Of course they did😡