OA706: Flynn "Sold Out" His Country... and Now He's Suing It!

Liz and Andrew break down the latest LOLsuit from Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.

You may recall Gen. Flynn from screeching "Lock Her Up!" on the campaign trail while surreptitiously serving as an unauthorized lobbyist for Turkey's brutal authoritarian regime. You may recall him as a pro-Russian stooge who lied about being a pro-Russian stooge. And you may recall him as having been pardoned by Donald Trump after Bill Barr tried to rig the Department of Justice in his favor.

However you remember this bozo, you'll be shocked to discover that he now thinks he deserves FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS for... having friends in high places. Fortunately, his lawsuit doesn't stand a chance in hell of succeeding, as Liz and Andrew make clear.

Notes Flynn complaint https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.411523/gov.uscourts.flmd.411523.1.0.pdf

OA Amicus Brief http://openargs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020.06.09-Amicus-Brief.pdf

OA Amicus Show (Episode 394) https://openargs.com/oa394-the-amicus-show/

OA 689 https://openargs.com/oa689-lawsuit-or-interpretive-dance-why-not-both/

22 U.S.C. § 618 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/618

18 U.S.C. § 371 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/951

2019 DOJ Report on Crossfire Hurricane https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf

28 U.S.C. Chapter 171 https://t.co/sFiQAXafWI

28 U.S.C. § 2401 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/2401

Form 95 https://www.gsa.gov/forms-library/claim-damage-injury-or-death

28 U.S.C. § 2675 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/2675

Sconiers v. US, 896 F.3d 595 (3d Cir. 2018) https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8262809632148475317

Flynn v. Pelosi https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61634816/flynn-v-pelosi/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc

OA 696 https://openargs.com/oa696-in-which-james-okeefe-pretends-to-be-a-journalist/

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