Flynn backed for-profit nuclear scheme inside Trump transition
The Trump adviser pushed a 'Marshall Plan' for Middle East nuclear power after he was hired by its private sponsors.
By JOSH DAWSEY 09/12/2017 11:56 PM EDT Updated 09/13/2017 06:41 AM EDT
As a top official in President Donald Trump’s transition team, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn actively promoted a private-sector scheme to build dozens of nuclear reactors across the Middle East known informally in the transition as the "Marshall Plan." But he did not publicly disclose that backers of the plan had paid him at least $25,000.
Flynn communicated during the transition with the backers of the for-profit plan, billed as a way of strengthening ties between the U.S. and Arab allies looking to develop nuclear power capability. Meanwhile, the Trump adviser expressed his support for the plan with people inside the transition —and discussed its merits with others beyond Trump Tower, according to sources within and close to the Trump team at that time.
Flynn’s consulting work for the company has been previously reported, but not the extent of his involvement during the Trump transition, nor the full amount he was paid for it.
Flynn first publicly disclosed his consulting work for the Virginia-based venture, X-Co Dynamics/Iron Bridge Group, in a Feb. 11 federal filing, two days before he resigned as White House national security adviser. That group, at the time, was working with ACU, a separate entity pushing the project. Flynn did not specify how much he had been paid, and is unclear whether he might have disclosed that work to White House officials previously.
Robert Kelner, a Flynn lawyer, declined to comment. Flynn has not been accused of wrongdoing in the matter, and it is unclear if he faces any legal liability.
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Too bad Bernie Madoff had to take the fall. He could have exposed the whole lot of them. 
