Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security advisor, will not be accepting financial support from the newly formed Patriot Legal Expense Fund, according to a source close to Flynn.
“General Flynn early on made a decision not to accept funds from President Trump, the Trump Organization, or the campaign, and has not accepted any funds from them,” the source said. “And he does not expect to accept any funds from the new entity.”
Outside lawyers set up the fund to help anyone who was an "employee, consultant, fundraiser or volunteer" for the Trump campaign, transition, or administration with legal expenses related to the ongoing Russia investigations.
President Trump and his family are not eligible.
Last September, relatives of Flynn made a rare public statement to call attention to the “tremendous financial burden” the probes are placing on former advisers to President Donald Trump.
“The enormous expense of attorneys’ fees and other related expenses far exceed their ability to pay,” said Michael Flynn’s siblings Joe Flynn and Barbara Redgate.
They made the statement to bring attention to their own legal defense fund ...
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[Flynn's] family said they established their own fund, “to help ensure that he can defend himself," and [Flynn] tweeted from his personal account for the first time since late last year to express his gratitude.
Referring to his wife, Lori Flynn, Michael Flynn wrote in two tweets, "Lori and I are very grateful to my brother Joe and sister Barbara for creating a fund to help pay my legal defense costs. We deeply appreciate the support of family and friends across this nation who have touched our lives."
Trump legal fund recipients unclear; Flynn says no thanks (ABC News)