RI’s Flynn Pressured Defense Department to Overturn Election, According to New Book
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RI’s Flynn Pressured Defense Department to Overturn Election, According to New Book
In "Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show," scheduled to be released today, ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl reports that Flynn — and former Trump attorney Sidney Powell — tried to enlist a Pentagon official to help overturn the election, reports ABC News.
“According to the book, Flynn -- who had just received an unconditional pardon from President Trump after pleading guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI during the Russia probe -- made a frantic phone call to a senior Trump intelligence official named Ezra Cohen (sometimes referred to as Ezra Cohen-Watnick), who previously worked under Flynn at both the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the National Security Council.
'Where are you?' Flynn asked the DoD official, who said he was traveling in the Middle East,” reports ABC.
Flynn, according to the book, urged Cohen that "he needed to get orders signed, that ballots needed to be seized, and that extraordinary measures needed to be taken to stop Democrats from stealing the election."
"As Flynn ranted about the election fight, [Cohen] felt his old boss sounded manic," Karl writes in the book. "He didn't sound like the same guy he had worked for."
"Sir, the election is over," Cohen told Flynn, according to the book. "It's time to move on."
Flynn, according to Karl, fired back: "You're a quitter! This is not over! Don't be a quitter!"
Latest for Flynn
Last week, Flynn was one of six additional subpoenas issued by the House Committee investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol building on January 6.
As GoLocal was first to report, the University of Rhode Island -- which awarded Flynn an honorary doctorate -- has refused to date to rescind the degree.