‘Flynn’ Portrays the Christian Nationalist Evangelist’s Fight With the Deep State

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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. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Flynn’s legal defense fund, launched in 2017 by his family, evolved into a network of conspiratorial websites and companies, with names like “Digital Soldiers LLC,” a term used by QAnon, and Resilient Patriot LLC. None of those organizations are mentioned in the film.

“The American people were coming into my life, and there was a moment where I felt like air was being breathed into my lungs instead of being pounded down into the surface of the ocean,” said Flynn. “I’m above the surface and starting to swim to shore.”

“These supportive people, these American people,” his brother Jack Flynn said. “He calls it buddy breathing. Being able to come through financially.”

“If we pull together and we drive this darkness out, then we can touch the whole world,” said his sister Mary O’Neill, identified as a “prayer warrior.”

This article originally appeared here.

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Tess is a journalist with Religion News Service.

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