The weaponization of the United States government against its own citizenry is very real.

It happens on a daily basis, and it doesn't just happen to high-profile political figures.

Former Trump National Security Advisor, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, found himself at the center

of a national firestorm when he was investigated by the FBI for fabricated

ties to Russia. In a case riddled with contradictions and inconsistencies, Flynn was charged

with lying to the FBI. Back in 2020, in a candid two-part interview, he shared his story

with us.

The deep state buried me six feet under.

The American people saved me.

You know, and if there's something I'll get emotional about is that.

As revealing new documents are released by Director of National Intelligence, Tilsie Gabbard,

we sit down with this 33-year military veteran

to understand how he sees everything that happened to him almost a decade later.

And maybe one of these days, Tulsi will do it. Maybe she'll give all the transcripts out to show

that what I was doing is I was protecting the United States of America from enemies foreign

and domestic. And they knew it. This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Yanya Kellick.

Michael Flynn, so good to have you back on American Thought Leaders.

It's great. I love it. And I watch American Thought Leaders all the time.

I wouldn't say that I watch every minute of every show, but I think the people that

you have on are people that are out there doing the work that needs to be done, and it's

fascinating stories, fascinating people. And I think that's what people are looking for these

days. Is there, you know, that's why we're here today to talk about a story that's, that most people can't believe. This is the whole thing. I mean, of course, I've been reading Pardon of Innocence. And it really is astonishing. I mean, it's been such a long time. Of course, we've been covering this story at the epoch times. I mean, various aspects of it, not everything, both from your perspective and then the

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