Flynn advised candidate [[Donald Trump]] throughout the [[2016 U.S. Presidential election]] on [[foreign policy]] matters. Flynn resigned from the position of [[National Security Advisor]] early in the [[Trump administration]] in a [[fake news]] scandal put out by the ''[[Washington Post]]'' using classified information gathered and [[leak]]ed illegally by the [[Obama administration]].<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/02/14/krauthammer_we_can_not_have_intel_agencies_eavesdrop_on_americans_and_release_it_to_press.html]</ref><ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/article/445045/general-michael-flynn-national-security-adviser-fbi-investigation-phone-call-russian-ambassador]</ref><ref>https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3093</ref> Flynn was fully pardoned in late 2020 by the president of the false allegations of wrongdoing. | Flynn advised candidate [[Donald Trump]] throughout the [[2016 U.S. Presidential election]] on [[foreign policy]] matters. Flynn resigned from the position of [[National Security Advisor]] early in the [[Trump administration]] in a [[fake news]] scandal put out by the ''[[Washington Post]]'' using classified information gathered and [[leak]]ed illegally by the [[Obama administration]].<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/02/14/krauthammer_we_can_not_have_intel_agencies_eavesdrop_on_americans_and_release_it_to_press.html]</ref><ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/article/445045/general-michael-flynn-national-security-adviser-fbi-investigation-phone-call-russian-ambassador]</ref><ref>https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3093</ref> Flynn was fully pardoned in late 2020 by the president of the false allegations of wrongdoing. |