Trump DOJ agrees to new Michael Flynn payout as allies make bank without 'slush fund' [View all]

Source: Raw Story

July 7, 2026 4:13PM ET


President Donald Trump's administration found a new way to pay off an ally after abandoning plans for an "anti-weaponization" fund — quietly settling a second lawsuit with retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.

The Army had withheld about $38,557 from Flynn's retirement pay over a 2015 speaking fee from Russia Today, the Russian state-owned media company now known as RT. The new settlement is below $75,000, Bloomberg reported.

The dispute traces back to a 2022 letter. The Pentagon's pay agency, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, notified Flynn that he was "found to be in violation of the Emoluments Clause because [he] received compensation for a speaking engagement in December 2015 from a foreign government without seeking the required approval," according to his lawsuit.

Flynn fought the debt for years. Now the government has agreed to pay him instead.

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