RECENTLY pardoned former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn said he must have put the “fear of God” into Barack Obama – and claims he still does.
In his first comments since being pardoned, Flynn also referred to lawyer Sidney Powell, who was ousted by the Trump campaign after peddling voter fraud conspiracy theories, as “America‘s guardian angel of justice.”
Flynn was pardoned by Trump last month of charges that he lied to the FBI about his contacts with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak after the 2016 election.
Flynn discussed his relationship with Obama, and why he thinks the former president suggested Trump not hire him as national security advisor, during an appearance on Fox News on Saturday.
“I must have put the fear of God into Barack Obama and probably still do because of his four-year long saga they put me, my family, President Donald J Trump and his family, and frankly the entire country [through],” Flynn said.
The retired Army lieutenant general also claimed that Obama advised Trump against hiring him because Flynn could expose Obama administration secrets, such as spying on the Trump campaign.
“When he chose me to be the national security advisor, they knew that their little plan of spying on Donald Trump would fall apart and many other foreign policy blunders they got our country into,” Flynn said.
“Whether it was the Iran deal, issues going on in the Asian-pacific theater, trade, all sorts of issues that were in plan that the last administration did to frankly run this country right into the ground,” he continued.
Flynn was nominated by Obama to be director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2012.
After reported management issues within the department, he was pushed out of the position in 2014.
Trump appointed Flynn to serve as his national security advisor in 2017, but he was let go from that position after only 25 days after reports of his discussions with Kislyak leaked.
Flynn also used his Saturday TV appearance to applaud Powell, his attorney, who was fired by the Trump campaign in late November.
When asked if he believed Powell was onto something regarding voter fraud in the 2020 election, Flynn said: “Yes, absolutely.”
“I call Sidney Powell America’s guardian angel of justice. Sidney Powell’s clients are the people of the United States of America. That’s who she is fighting for right now.”
The Trump campaign distanced themselves from Powell with a statement on November 22, after she made baseless claims about widespread voter fraud.
However, Powell has insisted that she would continue to fight against the 2020 presidential election results.
She noted that she “understood” the campaign’s actions, but added, “I will continue to represent #WeThePeople who had their votes for Trump and other Republicans stolen by massive fraud.
“The chips will fall where they may, we will defend the foundations of this great Republic.”
Flynn continued to heap praise on his attorney during the Fox interview, despite there being no concrete proof of voter fraud at this time.
“She has her teeth into Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and the stuff that she has laid out in her various filings, it’s going to play out here,” Flynn said.
“As the president just said tonight, he mentioned some of the issues that we know are just a complete disaster and embarrassment for our country in the latest fraudulent election where there was, in fact, massive voter fraud”
“It’s just incredible,” he added.
Flynn also called on state governors and legislators to not certify the election, which Trump lost to president-elect Joe Biden.
