Michael Flynn followed Russian troll accounts, pushed their messages in days before election

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Former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn followed five Twitter accounts based out of the Russian-backed “troll factory” in St. Petersburg—and pushed their messages at least three times in the month before the 2016 election.

Over 2,750 troll accounts based out of the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency were made public by House investigators on Wednesday. The accounts, some of which had previously been identified by The Daily Beast as Russian-generated, were pulled from Twitter due to their ties to the troll factory over the past three months.

The Daily Beast had previously discovered Flynn, Donald Trump Jr., Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, and Trump campaign digital director Brad Parscale retweeted Ten_GOP several times in the month before the election.

The news that Flynn also pushed Russian propaganda comes at an unwelcome time for the former three-star general and head of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Flynn is one of the people under investigation by Robert Mueller’s widespread probe into Russian influence in the 2016 campaign. 

During Flynn’s brief tenure as President Trump’s top national security aide, Flynn pushed for cooperation between the Russian and American military that would have been, at best, borderline illegal. Flynn ultimately resigned amidst reports that he had undisclosed meetings with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kisylak during the campaign. 

Of course, Flynn wasn't necessarily hostile to Russian agitprop. In December of 2015, he traveled to Moscow for a gala celebrating Russia Today, the Kremlin’s propaganda network. At Flynn’s side for dinner: Russian president Vladimir Putin.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-flynn-followed-russian-troll-accounts-pushed-their-messages-in-days-before-election

 

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Mueller Time! Flynn next?

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23 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-flynn-followed-russian-troll-accounts-pushed-their-messages-in-days-before-election

 

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Mueller Time! Flynn next?

Maybe he has joined Team Mueller 

[Jacque67 7,328]

11 minutes ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

Maybe he has joined Team Mueller 

Yeah, that's one rumour going around.

Hey, Caputo will probably claim on Fox that Flynn was just a coffee boy!

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

26 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

Yeah, that's one rumour going around.

Hey, Caputo will probably claim on Fox that Flynn was just a coffee boy!

Covfefe boi

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9 minutes ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

Covfefe boi

Ha! His son is the weak link. Probably flipped to save him.

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The big scream is coming up. Nov 8th. 

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I wonder if Flynn will look as sharp in his orange jump suit as he did in his uniform.