DOJ settles Michael Flynn's lawsuit for $1.2 million, cites 'historic injustice'

• The US Justice Department settled a lawsuit filed by Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to Donald Trump, for approximately $1.2 million.
• Flynn's 2023 lawsuit sought at least $50 million, alleging malicious prosecution in his criminal case for lying to the FBI about Russian diplomat conversations.
• The Justice Department, under the Biden administration, initially pressed to dismiss Flynn's complaint but now calls the settlement an "important step in redressing" a "historic injustice."
• Attorney General Pam Bondi criticized the Russia investigation, and the DOJ has opened probes into former officials involved in that inquiry.
• Flynn, pardoned by Trump in 2020, stated that no amount of money can fully compensate for the "hell" his family endured due to the prosecution.