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
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