Michael Flynn, DOJ in Talks to Settle $50M Claim: The Brief

TWO FORMER officials from President Donald Trump’s first term are in talks with the Justice Department to settle lawsuits stemming from what they claim were politically motivated actions, Zoe Tillman reports.

• The administration has been in talks since at least late summer to resolve suits brought by Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and former senior White House lawyer Stefan Passantino, court filings show.
• Flynn is seeking $50 million for what he alleges was a wrongful prosecution, while Passantino says a House committee probing the 2020 election harmed his reputation by leaking private information.
• The negotiations mark a shift ...