Justice Department agrees to pay ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn in settlement over wrongful prosecution lawsuit

Ministry of Justice reached an agreement MichaelFlynnDonald Trump’s former national security adviser has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the government over what he claims is an unfair prosecution.

At a brief hearing Wednesday, attorneys for both Flynn and the Justice Department said they agreed to drop the case and have Flynn receive “settlement funds.” The application did not include the amount of money and did not provide detailed information about other terms of the agreement.

Flynn sued the government for $50 million, claiming the FBI tried to set him up in the early days of the Trump administration.

His charges stemmed from a criminal case against Flynn filed in December 2017 (Trump’s first year in office); In that case, Flynn admitted to lying to the FBI about his interactions with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, including a Justice Department statement a year earlier about his lobbying firm’s work for Turkey. He agreed to cooperate with the Mueller investigation at the time and helped special counsel Robert Mueller piece together many examples of later alleged attempts by President Donald Trump to obstruct the investigation.

Just before his sentencing, Flynn asked the investigating judge to allow him to recuse himself. The Justice Department later moved to drop the case against him, and Flynn was pardoned by Trump.

CNN reached out to Flynn’s lawyers. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

CNN’s Paula Reid contributed to this report.

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