Trump pardons Michael Flynn
On 25 November 2020 President Donald Trump signed an executive grant of clemency giving Michael Flynn a full pardon, ending a prosecution in which Flynn had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and later tried to withdraw his plea.
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On 25 November 2020 President Donald Trump signed an executive grant of clemency giving Michael Flynn a full pardon, ending a prosecution in which Flynn had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and later tried to withdraw his plea. The White House said the Justice Department had already concluded that the charges should be dropped.
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Michael Flynn
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Trump pardons Michael Flynn. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov — sourcetrumpwhitehouse.archives.gov · verified
- 2.independent.co.ukchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: flynn+pardon · verified
- 3.cnn.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: flynn+pardon · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Trump pardons Michael Flynn. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/trump-pardons-flynn-2020-11-25
https://factrail.ai/facts/trump-pardons-flynn-2020-11-25
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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