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Michael Flynn’s Family Starts Legal Defense Fund, Says Legal Bills ‘Well Into Seven figures’

National Security Adviser Michael Flynn puts Iran ‘on notice’ during a press conference in response to a missile launch. (Photo: AP)

The family of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn launched a legal defense fund on Monday, claiming his legal fees are “well into seven figures.” The move on Monday comes in response to Flynn being a target of the investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

“My brother, Michael, bleeds red, white and blue,” younger brother Joe Flynn told Fox News. “No question about it … and one of the things that is most disturbing for myself and for the rest of our family members is to hear words like ‘traitor’ and to hear words like ‘turncoat.’”

Prior to the appointment of a special counsel, investigators were digging into the relationship between Lt. Gen. Flynn and a Turkish businessman to determine whether it played any role in his decision-making during the brief time he served as President Trump’s national security advisor.

Lt. Gen. Flynn was fired by President Donald Trump after it was revealed he misled Vice President Mike Pence about conservations he had with a Russian ambassador. He was cleared by the FBI of any wrongdoing as it relates to the content of the conversation, but the investigation turned to his firm, Flynn Intel Group.

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