Jack, Leslie Flynn Get June Hearing in $75M Lawsuit Against CNN

A June 1 hearing has been set for John (Jack) Flynn and his wife 
Leslie in their $75 million defamation lawsuit against CNN.

Judge Gregory H. Woods will hear the case in the U.S. District 
Court for the Southern District of New York, The Hill reported.

Jack Flynn, the brother of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, is suing CNN 
for negligently propagating false claims about his family’s ties 
to QAnon.

CNN declined to comment to The Hill on the lawsuit, citing 
pending litigation.

“Plaintiffs are not followers or supporters of any extremist or 
terrorist groups, including QAnon,” the lawsuit filed by Jack 
and Leslie Flynn reads, The Hill reported. “CNN falsely 
attributed to Plaintiffs associations that never existed, 
actions Plaintiffs never took, including an oath of allegiance 
to QAnon, and views Plaintiffs never held.

“CNN’s false attributions exposed Plaintiffs to public scorn, 
ridicule and contempt, and lowered their esteem in the 
community, causing insult, embarrassment, humiliation and 
substantial injury to Plaintiffs’ reputations.”

The lawsuit cites a Feb. 4 CNN report for false accusations of 
the Flynns being followers and supporters of QAnon, a 
mysterious, online peddler of far-right conspiracy theories.

They claim CNN used an edited video which is “fraudulently 
making it appear and insinuating that [Jack and Leslie] pledged 
an oath of allegiance to QAnon,” according to The Hill.

Also, the lawsuit alleges, “the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, 
a chorus of left-wing media outlets began to spread false 
narratives about QAnon, including that Jack Flynn’s brother, 
retired Lt. General Michael T. Flynn (‘Gen. Flynn’), was the 
‘founder’ of QAnon.”

Michael Flynn, the first national security adviser under former 
President Donald Trump, had pleaded guilty in December 2017 for 
making false statements to the FBI about contacts with Russian 
diplomats during the Trump transition in December 2016.

He eventually pulled that plea under discovery of potential FBI 
misconduct, and the Justice Department ultimately dropped the 
charges against him. Trump also preemptively pardoned him anyway 
last year before leaving the White House.

Now, the Biden administration’s Department of Defense is 
investigating Michael Flynn again for his international 
dealings, an Army spokesperson told The Hill.

Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn, the younger brother of Michael Flynn, 
was designated Jan. 27 of this year the new head of the U.S. 
Army Pacific forces under the Biden administration.

CNN had previously settled a lawsuit with a Covington Catholic 
High School student Nick Sandmann, who sought $275 million in 
damages.

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