In a prelude to a formal lawsuit, former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has quietly filed a $50 million claim against the FBI and Justice Department for "Malicious prosecution" related to the now-discredited Russia collusion investigation.
"Of all of President Trump's appointees, the Obama White House hated Flynn the most," the filing noted as it laid out a long list of irregularities in his case it said proved political interference inside the FBI. Beginning in July 2016, "The FBI began to express disdain for candidate Donald J. Trump and began to consider ways in which it could hamper Donald Trump as candidate or as President, were he to win the 2016 election," the filing alleges.
'" Flynn's filing notes that meeting occurred weeks after Obama had urged Trump privately not to name Flynn as national security adviser.
"President Obama made this statement despite himself having appointed Flynn to the position of Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2012." File FLYNN FTCA - Additonal Sheets.
Pdf The civil claim also takes several swipes at the FBI, suggesting former agent Peter Strzok's now-infamous text messages with his mistress and ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page were evidence of anti-Trump bias and that former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe had a personal vendetta against Flynn.
"In 2014, Flynn roiled FBI leadership by intervening on behalf of Robyn Gritz, a decorated counterterrorism agent who specifically named and accused Andrew McCabe and other top FBI officials of sexual discrimination and retaliation in her complaint," Flynn's filing notes.
The FBI even sought to block Flynn's support for the agent, asking a federal administrative law judge in May 2014 to keep Flynn from becoming a witness" in Gritz's EEOC case.
Monday, May 16, 2022
Michael Flynn files $50 million claim against feds in prelude to lawsuit over Russia probe
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