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   A June 1 hearing has been set for John (Jack) Flynn and his wife   
   Leslie in their $75 million defamation lawsuit against CNN.   
      
   Judge Gregory H. Woods will hear the case in the U.S. District   
   Court for the Southern District of New York, The Hill reported.   
      
   Jack Flynn, the brother of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, is suing CNN   
   for negligently propagating false claims about his family’s ties   
   to QAnon.   
      
   CNN declined to comment to The Hill on the lawsuit, citing   
   pending litigation.   
      
   “Plaintiffs are not followers or supporters of any extremist or   
   terrorist groups, including QAnon,” the lawsuit filed by Jack   
   and Leslie Flynn reads, The Hill reported. “CNN falsely   
   attributed to Plaintiffs associations that never existed,   
   actions Plaintiffs never took, including an oath of allegiance   
   to QAnon, and views Plaintiffs never held.   
      
   “CNN’s false attributions exposed Plaintiffs to public scorn,   
   ridicule and contempt, and lowered their esteem in the   
   community, causing insult, embarrassment, humiliation and   
   substantial injury to Plaintiffs’ reputations.”   
      
   The lawsuit cites a Feb. 4 CNN report for false accusations of   
   the Flynns being followers and supporters of QAnon, a   
   mysterious, online peddler of far-right conspiracy theories.   
      
   They claim CNN used an edited video which is “fraudulently   
   making it appear and insinuating that [Jack and Leslie] pledged   
   an oath of allegiance to QAnon,” according to The Hill.   
      
   Also, the lawsuit alleges, “the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol,   
   a chorus of left-wing media outlets began to spread false   
   narratives about QAnon, including that Jack Flynn’s brother,   
   retired Lt. General Michael T. Flynn (‘Gen. Flynn’), was the   
   ‘founder’ of QAnon.”   
      
   Michael Flynn, the first national security adviser under former   
   President Donald Trump, had pleaded guilty in December 2017 for   
   making false statements to the FBI about contacts with Russian   
   diplomats during the Trump transition in December 2016.   
      
   He eventually pulled that plea under discovery of potential FBI   
   misconduct, and the Justice Department ultimately dropped the   
   charges against him. Trump also preemptively pardoned him anyway   
   last year before leaving the White House.   
      
   Now, the Biden administration’s Department of Defense is   
   investigating Michael Flynn again for his international   
   dealings, an Army spokesperson told The Hill.   
      
   Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn, the younger brother of Michael Flynn,   
   was designated Jan. 27 of this year the new head of the U.S.   
   Army Pacific forces under the Biden administration.   
      
   CNN had previously settled a lawsuit with a Covington Catholic   
   High School student Nick Sandmann, who sought $275 million in   
   damages.   
      
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