Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn broke his Twitter silence after nearly two years following the unsealing of FBI notes related to his case.
Flynn shared a video of the American flag waving in the wind on Wednesday night shortly after news broke that top FBI officials discussed whether the goal of an interview with him was to “get him to lie so we can prosecute him or get him fired.”
Documents unsealed hours earlier showed an email from former FBI special agent Peter Strzok to former FBI General Counsel James Baker with advice for former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on holding an interview with Flynn in January 2017 on the same day Flynn was interviewed by Strzok and another FBI agent. A handwritten note from an unidentified FBI official was also released and dated the day of Flynn’s FBI interview.
“I agreed yesterday that we shouldn’t show Flynn [REDACTED] if he didn’t admit” but, “I thought about it last night and I believe we should rethink this,” the FBI official wrote. “What is our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?”
Flynn’s attorneys said the notes show the FBI was trying to entrap their client and strengthen their argument for dismissing the case. Flynn took to Twitter following the news, posting a 12-second video of the American flag blowing in the wind. The post has since gone viral with 2.8 million views and 52,000 retweets as of Thursday morning.
— General Flynn (@GenFlynn) April 29, 2020
Supporters responded to the tweet with celebration GIFS, and President Trump also retweeted the video.
“Imagine having your life and reputation ruined by rogue US govt. officials. Then years later when the plot finally comes to light the first thing you do is post an American flag. This is the guy they wanted you to believe was a Russian asset,” Donald Trump Jr. tweeted along with Flynn’s video.
Imagine having your life and reputation ruined by rogue US govt. officials. Then years later when the plot finally comes to light the first thing you do is post an American flag. This is the guy they wanted you to believe was a Russian asset. ? https://t.co/TI768Vijn2
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) April 30, 2020
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 30, 2020
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) April 30, 2020
— Larry O’Connor (@LarryOConnor) April 29, 2020
Flynn’s defenders have urged Trump to pardon the former national security adviser, who pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to federal investigators about his conversations with a Russian diplomat, but moved to withdraw his plea after changing his legal representation.
Trump signaled his support for Flynn in a tweet Wednesday night, saying CNN and others “should pay a big price for what they have purposely done to this man & his family.”
“.@CNN doesn’t want to speak about their persecution of General Michael Flynn & why they got the story so wrong. They, along with others, should pay a big price for what they have purposely done to this man & his family. They won’t even cover the big breaking news about this scam!” Trump tweeted.
.@CNN doesn’t want to speak about their persecution of General Michael Flynn & why they got the story so wrong. They, along with others, should pay a big price for what they have purposely done to this man & his family. They won’t even cover the big breaking news about this scam!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 30, 2020
