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Michael Flynn

Michael Flynn

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Michael Thomas Flynn 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 administration.

Sources: [1][2][3]

Accountability & contradictions

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Responsibility

What could change this assessment

  • 3 linked facts have no assessed welfare direction yet.
  • Lifetime coverage has not been assessed: the record reflects stored facts only (2017–2020).

Timeline

The most relevant dated facts, newest first.

  1. 25 November 2020

    Trump pardons Michael Flynn

  2. 1 December 2017

    Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI

  3. 13 February 2017

    Michael Flynn resigns as national security adviser

Evidence & methodology

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3 of 3 linked facts verified, drawing on 3 distinct sources (2017–2020).

Sources include checked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: flynn+pardon, checked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: flynn+guilty+fbi, checked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: flynn+resign+kislyak.

Sources

  1. 1.cnn.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: flynn+pardon
  2. 2.cnn.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: flynn+guilty+fbi
  3. 3.newyorker.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: flynn+resign+kislyak

The score is formula-derived (Factrail formula v1, version 1.0.0), not an editorial verdict. Read the methodology.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed · Sources: 3

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