President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Mike Flynn is selling his house in order to help pay for legal fees stemming from the Russia investigation.
Flynn’s three-bedroom home in Alexandria, Virginia, was first listed for sale in December with an asking price of $895,000. Flynn bought the home three years ago for $774,000, according to the New York Post.
Flynn’s brother told ABC News that the former three-star general and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency was selling his house to in order help pay his mounting legal bills.
“I’m not going to sugarcoat it, this has been a trying experience,” said Joe Flynn, the general’s youngest brother. “It has been a crucible, and it’s not over.”
Mike Flynn pled guilty last year to lying to federal investigators about contacts he had with Russian officials during the presidential transition.
Flynn was ensnared in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation after serving for a short period in the White House as national security adviser. Mueller is investigating possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign during the presidential election; Flynn pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal to cooperate with Mueller’s investigation.
Flynn stepped down from his White House role after it was reported that he misled Vice President Mike Pence about his contact with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Joe Flynn and sister Barbara also set up a legal defense fund in September in order to help pay their brother’s legal fees.
We deeply appreciate the support of family and friends across this nation who have touched our lives. https://t.co/O08co3DRpn 2/2 — General Flynn (@GenFlynn) September 18, 2017
“The enormous expense of attorneys’ fees and other related expenses far exceed their ability to pay,” said the pair in a statement at the time. “To help ensure that he can defend himself, we have set up a legal defense fund, and we are asking Mike’s supporters, veterans and all people of goodwill to contribute whatever amount they can to this fund.”
Mike Flynn’s criminal defense lawyer Robert Kelner did not immediately respond to Newsweek’s request for comment.
#1: VxH To: 3-Dee (#0)
Caught a train from Alexandria
Just a broken man in flight
Running scared with his devils
Saying prayers all through the night
Oh but mercy can't find him
Not in the shadows where he calls
Forsaking all his better angels
That's how every empire falls
The bells ring out on Sunday morning
Like echoes from another time
All our innocence and yearning
and sense of wonder left behind
Oh gentle hearts remember
What was that story? Is it lost?
For when religion loses vision
That's how every empire falls.
He toasts his wife and all his family
The providence he brought to bear
They raise their glasses in his honor
Although this union they don't share
A man who lives among them
Was still a stranger to them all
For when the heart is never open
That's how every empire falls
Padlock the door and board the windows
Put the people in the street
"It's just my job," he says "I'm sorry."
And draws a check, goes home to eat
But at night he tells his woman
"I know I hide behind the laws."
She says, "You're only taking orders."
That's how every empire falls.
A bitter wind blows through the country
A hard rain falls on the sea
If terror comes without a warning
There must be something we don't see
What fire begets this fire?
Like torches thrown into the straw
If no one asks, then no one answers
That's how every empire falls.
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