Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn has made millions by turning his Trump-world connections into a family business spreading MAGA lies.
Grift update: Michael Flynn’s family members made at least $2.2 million monetizing his right-wing MAGA stardom. via @NYTimes https://t.co/KFdCe9o5cx
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) June 23, 2024
From the New York Times:
Since leaving the Trump administration under an ethical cloud, Michael Flynn has converted his Trump-world celebrity into a lucrative and sprawling family business. He and his relatives have marketed the retired general as a martyr, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for a legal-defense fund and then pocketing leftover money.
Through a network of nonprofit and for-profit ventures, they have sold far-right conspiracy theories, ranging from lies about the 2020 election to warnings, embraced by followers of QAnon, about cabals of pedophiles and child traffickers.
A New York Times investigation found Flynn family members had made at least $2.2 million monetizing Michael Flynn’s right-wing stardom in recent years, with more than half of that going to Mr. Flynn directly.
The Times also reports how Flynn became chairman of a failing 75-year-old nonprofit and paid himself and five family members $518,000 a year while the organization bled money. Related: Investigators Have Evidence Needed To Charge Michael Flynn Read the full report at the New York Times.
NEW: Mike Flynn took over a 75 year-old nonprofit. Soon, it was losing money, burning through savings — and paying 6 different Flynn family members. W/@AlexandraBerzon.https://t.co/sISYZxbhWg
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) June 23, 2024
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