Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, denied the outcome of the recent White House race in a rare interview released today billed as his first since being pardoned.
Flynn, whom Trump pardoned Wednesday, said he believes Trump won his race for reelection contrary to it being called for Democratic rival Joe Biden.
“There is no doubt in my mind that he won this election. Hands down. In a landslide,” Flynn said about Trump during a phone interview that was uploaded to the internet afterward.
“I believe that at the end of the day we’re going to find out that he won by a massive landslide and he’ll be inaugurated come this January,” Flynn stated later during the interview.
Flynn made the comments while appearing on Worldview Weekend, a talk show hosted by a conspiracy theorist named Brannon Howse, who also runs a website of the same name.
Since Election Day, more than 80 misleading or false claims have been made by Trump and Republicans about voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Federal agencies, state election officials and technology experts have all said this year’s election was among the most secure in American history.
Still, weeks after Election Day, Trump, his family and his supporters have amplified unfounded allegations of fraud and falsely claimed Trump won a second term in office.
The interview was done after Trump pardoned Flynn and was touted by the site as the first the former national security adviser conducted since being cleared by the president Wednesday.
Flynn had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his interactions with a Russian government official that happened in the period in-between Trump being elected in 2016 and taking office in 2017.