The Justice Department has reached a settlement with Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s former nationwide safety adviser who sued the federal government for tens of millions of {dollars} over what he alleged to be a wrongful prosecution.
In a quick courtroom submitting Wednesday, legal professionals for each Flynn and the Justice Department mentioned they reached an settlement to drop the lawsuit and for Flynn to obtain “settlement funds.” The submitting didn’t embrace the amount of cash, nor did it elaborate on every other phrases of the settlement.
Flynn sued the federal 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 legal case in which Flynn admitted to mendacity to the FBI about his interactions with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, and in a Justice Department disclosure relating to his lobbying agency’s work for Turkey in 2016. He agreed on the time to cooperate in the Mueller investigation, and helped particular counsel Robert Mueller piece collectively a number of cases the place it was later alleged President Donald Trump tried to impede the investigation.
Just earlier than he was set to be sentenced, Flynn requested the choose overseeing his prosecution to permit him to withdraw his responsible plea. The Justice Department later moved to drop the case in opposition to him, and Flynn was pardoned by Trump.
NCS has reached out to attorneys for Flynn. The Justice Department didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
NCS’s Paula Reid contributed to this report.