Michael Flynn, 59, is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General who served in the Army for 33 years until 2014.
Flynn was a key figure in U.S. counterterrorism strategy and dismantling insurgent networks in Afghanistan and Iraq, and he was given numerous combat arms, conventional, and special operations senior intelligence assignments.
He was appointed by President Barack Obama as the eighteenth director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, serving from July 2012 to his retirement from the military in August 2014. After leaving the military, he established Flynn Intel Group which has provided intelligence services for businesses and governments, including ones in Turkey.
Flynn served as the National Security Advisor for President Donald Trump from January 20 to February 13, 2017.
On December 1, 2017, it was reported that Flynn would be pleading guilty of lying to the FBI.
Michael Flynn Net Worth 2019: $7 Million
General Michael Flynn, a retired United States Army Lieutenant General and former National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump, has a net worth of approximately $7 million. As National Security Advisor, Flynn made around $172,200 per year.
Early Military Career
In 1981, Flynn was commissioned in the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant in military intelligence.
His military assignments included multiple tours at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, with the 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, and Joint Special Operations Command, where he deployed for the invasion of Grenada and Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti.
Flynn also served with the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and the Army Intelligence Center at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
2011-2014
In September 2011, Flynn was promoted to Lieutenant General and assigned as assistant director of national intelligence in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
On April 17, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Flynn to be the 18th director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, taking command in July 2012.
On April 30, 2014, Flynn announced his retirement effective later that year, about a year earlier than he had been scheduled to leave his position.
Flynn retired from the U.S. Army with 33 years of service on August 7, 2014.
2015-Present
On November 10, 2016, President Obama warned President-elect Trump against hiring Flynn. During their meeting in the Oval Office two days after the election, Obama expressed “profound concerns” about hiring Flynn to a sensitive, high-level national security post. Trump, the raging idiot that he is, did not listen.
On November 18, 2016, Flynn accepted Trump’s offer for the position of National Security Advisor.
On November 23, 2017, it was reported that Flynn‘s lawyers have notified Trump’s legal team they can no longer discuss anything regarding the special counsel’s investigation, suggesting that Flynn may be cooperating with prosecutors or negotiating a deal.
On December 1, 2017, it was reported that Flynn would be pleading guilty of lying to the FBI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WAVHgxX29I
2018
Ex-national security advisor Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and accuses top White House officials of wrongdoing.
2019
Through the fall, Michael Flynn could now be in limbo in the justice system.
