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Michael Flynn: From government insider to holy warrior

Paintings of former President Donald Trump and Michael Flynn, a retired three-star general who served as Trump's national security adviser, are displayed in a vendor area during the ReAwaken America tour at Cornerstone Church, in Batavia, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MAGA merchandise and a U.S. flag decorated with an image of former President Donald Trump that reads "I'll Be Back" are displayed for sale during the ReAwaken America tour at Cornerstone Church, in Batavia, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Michael Flynn, a retired three-star general who served as Trump's national security adviser, has drawn together election deniers, mask and vaccine opponents, insurrectionists, Proud Boys, and elected officials and leaders in state and local Republican parties. Along the way, AP and Frontline documented, Flynn and his companies have earned hundreds of thousands of dollars for his efforts. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) FILE - A exhibit showing a deposition with former national security adviser Michael Flynn is displayed, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Flynn refused to say whether he believed the violence was justified, or even whether he believed in the peaceful transition of power. Instead, he invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) Michael Flynn, Jr., talks to people as he sits at the merchandise booth for his father, a retired three-star general who served as Trump's national security adviser, during the ReAwaken America tour at Cornerstone Church, in Batavia, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. The elder Michael Flynn has drawn together election deniers, mask and vaccine opponents, insurrectionists, Proud Boys, and elected officials and leaders in state and local Republican parties. Along the way, AP and Frontline documented, Flynn and his companies have earned hundreds of thousands of dollars. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Michael Flynn laughs as he poses for photographs with a supporter during the ReAwaken America tour at Cornerstone Church, in Batavia, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. The retired lieutenant general, former national security adviser, one-time anti-terrorism fighter, is now focused on his next task: building a movement centered on Christian nationalist ideas, where Christianity is at the center of American life and institutions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) A man is baptized during the ReAwaken America tour at Cornerstone Church, in Batavia, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Speaking at the event, Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, is trying to build a movement centered on Christian nationalist ideas, where Christianity is at the center of American life and institutions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Michael Flynn, a retired three-star general who served as Trump's national security adviser, greets supporters near the stage during the ReAwaken America tour at Cornerstone Church, in Batavia, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Attendees raise their hands as they worship inside the tent during the ReAwaken America tour at Cornerstone Church, in Batavia, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Speaking at the event, Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, is trying to build a movement centered on Christian nationalist ideas, where Christianity is at the center of American life and institutions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) People in the audience worship during the ReAwaken America tour at Cornerstone Church, in Batavia, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Speaking at the event, Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, is trying to build a movement centered on Christian nationalist ideas, where Christianity is at the center of American life and institutions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) FILE - Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, left, introduces Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Sept. 29, 2016, in Bedford, N.H. Flynn became a chief promoter of the so-called “Stop the Steal” effort and championed bogus claims about foreign interference and ballot tampering that weren’t supported by credible evidence. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) FILE - Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn testifies on Capitol Hill on Feb. 11, 2014, in Washington. Once a respected anti-terrorism warrior, the retired lieutenant general is now a fount of conspiracy theories, among them that Donald Trump was robbed of victory in 2020. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File) Michael Flynn, a retired three-star general who served as Trump's national security adviser, speaks on stage during the ReAwaken America tour at Cornerstone Church, in Batavia, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Thousands of people gathered to hear his message that the nation is facing an existential threat, and to save it, his supporters must act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)