Mike Flynns brother tells Trump about time he pardoned him

Mike Flynn’s younger brother called on President Trump to pardon ‘General Flynn,’ in a tweet he sent to the president that he quickly deleted. 

Joseph Flynn, who has set up a legal defense fund for his brother, tweeted ‘About time you pardon General Flynn who has taken the biggest fall for all of you given the illegitimacy of his confessed crime in the wake of all this corruption.’ 

The younger Flynn fired off his tweet defending the former national security advisor, in response to Trump’s own missive complaining about special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian meddling.

Mike Flynn’s (right) brother took aim at President Trump calling for him to pardon Flynn 

Joseph Flynn responded to an early Tuesday morning tweet from the president about the investigation. He deleted his first tweet and sent this second one a short while later

Joseph Flynn responded to an early Tuesday morning tweet from the president about the investigation. He deleted his first tweet and sent this second one a short while later

Trump wrote: ‘Dossier is bogus. Clinton Campaign, DNC funded Dossier. FBI CANNOT (after all of this time) VERIFY CLAIMS IN DOSSIER OF RUSSIA/TRUMP COLLUSION. FBI TAINTED.’ And they used this Crooked Hillary pile of garbage as the basis for going after the Trump Campaign!’

While Joseph had deleted his first post aimed at the president, he went back and tweeted again a short time later, with the same content, but seemed to have taken time to formulate his thoughts and bring them forth with a bit more tact.

‘Mr. President, I personally believe that a pardon is due to General Flynn, given the apparent and obvious illegitimacy of the manner in which the so called ‘crimes’ he plead guilty to were extracted from him. I ask for quick action on this. Thank you and keep up the good work!’ he tweeted.

Joseph Flynn confirmed to Newsweek that he did in fact send the tweets, adding ‘I said it, and maybe he’s listening.’

Mike Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI earlier this month and is reportedly cooperating with authorities in the ongoing investigation into whether Trump officials colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign. 

Trump recently told reporters it was too early to discuss a possible pardon for Flynn. 

So far, the FBI’s sprawling probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election has ensnared at least four members of his campaign inner circle.

‘I don’t want to talk about pardons for Michael Flynn yet,’ Trump said before leaving the White House to give remarks at a graduation ceremony at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s academy in Quantico, Virginia, earlier this month.

Mike Flynn's younger brother Joseph tweeted in support of his brother and called for Trump to pardon Mike Flynn

Mike Flynn’s younger brother Joseph tweeted in support of his brother and called for Trump to pardon Mike Flynn

‘I can say this — when you look at what’s gone on with the FBI and with the Justice Department, people are very, very angry,’ he said.

‘When everybody — not me, when everybody — the level of anger at what they’ve been witnessing with respect to the FBI is certainly very sad.’

US intelligence agencies have concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his intelligence and cyber services to help turn the election in Trump’s favor.

Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion with Russia.  

‘There is absolutely no collusion. I didn’t make a phone call to Russia. I have nothing to do with Russia. Everybody knows it. That was a Democrat hoax. It was an excuse for losing the election,’ Trump added. 



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