Michael G. Flynn, the son of incoming national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, appears to have a place in the Trump Administration. The junior Flynn previously worked for his father, a retired lieutenant general, as an aide and chief of staff.
CNN discovered Monday that emails addressed to both Flynns at their consulting agency, Flynn Intel Group, bounced. Correspondents were directed to contact them at their new government email accounts.
The elder Flynn came under fire for his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan. Like his boss, Republican President-elect Donald Trump, he’s also fond of using Twitter to blast Islamophobic and anti-Semitic messages. Those who worked with Flynn derided his bizarre pronouncements as “Flynn facts.”
The apple, it seems, hasn’t fallen far from the tree. Like his father, the younger Flynn is a fan of rabble-rouser Mike Cernovich. Cernovich is an alt-right commentator who specializes in race-baiting and conspiracy theories for his social media accounts and website, Danger & Play.
In September, Flynn took Cernovich’s bait regarding the possibility of President Obama banning or ceding “control” of the internet.
@GenFlynn this is serious https://t.co/JnDYMNX6AA
— Michael Flynn Jr⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@mflynnJR) September 29, 2016
Flynn also questioned the legitimacy of the women who accused Trump of sexual predation.
https://t.co/OW0slVzVpk @MAGA3X #PodestaEmails8 #MAGA3X @GenFlynn @Cernovich
— Michael Flynn Jr⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@mflynnJR) October 15, 2016
And, most troublingly, Flynn doubled down on the #Pizzagate conspiracy theory Sunday after an armed gunman decided to “investigate” the pizza joint at the center of an alleged satanic pedophilia ring linked to the Democratic Party.
https://twitter.com/mflynnJR/status/805611056009768960
In a series of text messages to Flynn, CNN’s Jake Tapper questioned the retired general’s son as to why he insisted on propagating the absurd #Pizzagate conspiracy.
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/805631581490548736
Pedophilia-related conspiracy theories seem to be part of the Flynn family’s DNA. Early in November, the elder Flynn tweeted about how Trump’s Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, was involved in a pedophile ring, too.
https://twitter.com/GenFlynn/status/794000841518776320
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