President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he departs on the South Lawn of the White House, on Dec. ... [+] 12, 2020 in Washington. On Thursday, Flynn said that Trump could deploy the military to swing states he lost to President-elect Joe Biden in order to “rerun” the presidential election. Flynn’s suggestion comes less than a month after Trump granted Flynn a presidential pardon in a case where Flynn admitted lying to Special Counsel Robert Mueller during his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. TangentFlynn’s legal case dragged on for years, even after he pleaded guilty to lying about conversations he had with then-Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak. Surprising FactThe Trump campaign’s legal team has actually been distancing itself from Powell, given her wild conspiracy theories.

Source: Forbes December 19, 2020 22:11 UTC