Army falsely denied Flynn's brother was involved in key part of military response to Capitol riot

[Judi Lynn]

Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn is the Army’s deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and training. (Lisa Ferdinando/DOD)

By
Dan Lamothe,
Paul Sonne,
Carol D. Leonnig and
Aaron C. Davis
Jan. 20, 2021 at 9:42 p.m. CST

The Army falsely denied for days that Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn, the brother of disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn, was involved in a key meeting during its heavily scrutinized response to the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Charles Flynn confirmed in a statement issued to The Washington Post on Wednesday that he was in the room for a tense Jan. 6 phone call during which the Capitol Police and D.C. officials pleaded with the Pentagon to dispatch the National Guard urgently, but top Army officials expressed concern about having the Guard at the Capitol.

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The general’s presence during the call — which has not previously been reported — came weeks after his brother publicly suggested that President Donald Trump declare martial law and have the U.S. military oversee a redo of the election. There is no indication that Charles Flynn shares his brother’s extreme views or discharged his duties at the Pentagon on Jan. 6 in any manner that was influenced by his brother.

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The episode highlights the challenge for the Army in having an influential senior officer whose brother has become a central figure in QAnon, the extreme ideology that alleges Trump was waging a battle with Satan-worshiping Democrats who traffic children. Michael Flynn, who previously ran the Defense Intelligence Agency and left the Army as a three-star general, has espoused QAnon messages, and QAnon adherents are among those who have been charged in connection with the attempted insurrection. In November, Trump announced he had pardoned Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.

More:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/flynn-national-guard-call-riot/2021/01/20/7f4f41ba-5b4c-11eb-aaad-93988621dd28_story.html

[RockRaven]

1. The falsehoods/cover-up is a scandal of its own, apart from the propriety of any decisions that

he or anyone else made, or did not make but should have, that day.

[Irish_Dem]

2. I agree, more than one court marital is in order. nt

[dutch777]

5. Yeah, time for some career trajectory adjustments. Dumb thing to lie about...wow!

[Irish_Dem]

7. It was so dumb, maybe they had a good reason. Waiting for Biden to take office.

So Trump couldn't pardon the Flynn brother.

[captain queeg]

3. Can Biden just fire him?

If not how about a nice post to the Space Force?

[Eugene]

6. Just being Michael Flynn's brother doesn't constitute guilt, but the incident deserves investigation

That said, this is a screw-up at best, and the people who covered it up need to be disciplined.

[Gothmog]

4. Does being a traitor run in some famillies?

[area51]

8. Lock him up! n/t

[UTUSN]

9. K&R