How Michael Flynn Profited From QAnon Conspiracies

The Intercept reports:

Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general who once oversaw military intelligence in Afghanistan and led a sprawling intelligence agency in Washington, would go on to become a central hero in QAnon’s conspiratorial narrative. But his move to trademark the term “digital soldiers” — ensuring that only he and others who obtain his express permission can profit from the sale of “Digital Soldiers”-branded merchandise — hints at his attempt to capitalize on a marketing and communication strategy that resonates with the Q community.

Flynn hitched his financial fortunes to QAnon at least as early as the summer of 2019, when he was facing a mountain of legal costs, The Intercept’s investigation found. His push to leverage QAnon’s viral popularity with the far-right coincided with his efforts to reverse his guilty plea for lying to the FBI in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. What began with the launch of Flynn’s legal defense fund in 2017 has morphed into an intricate network of conspiracy-promoting websites and companies.

Read the full article. It’s quite the deep dive.

How Trump ally Michael Flynn nurtured — and profited from — the QAnon conspiracy theory https://t.co/Rana8asAuc by @CandaceRondeaux

— The Intercept (@theintercept) June 27, 2021

You may recall that Michael Flynn’s brother Jack sued CNN for $75 million, claiming the network falsely painted him as a QAnon follower.

One problem with the case: He tweeted his support for QAnon on several occasions, as CNN outlines in a new brief. pic.twitter.com/aqXQJ8c3Uo

— Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) June 21, 2021