Michael Flynn says he’s grateful to ‘breathe freedom and liberty’

Michael Flynn penned a lengthy tribute to his family, legal team and “every single patriot” who supported him for helping him to “breathe freedom and liberty today.”

“I say thank you from the bottom of my heart,” the former National Security Advisor, 61, wrote on Thursday — a day after he received a full pardon from President Trump. “For the first time in more than four years and because of my fearless attorney, Sidney Powell, the Guardian Angel of American Justice, and thousands of good people with endless energy rallying together on my behalf, I breathe freedom and liberty today.”

Flynn’s more than 1,000-word piece mentions the commander in chief once, when he defends him by saying no one should be “viciously targeted, maligned, smeared and threatened such has been the experience of my family and I. Not you and your loved ones, not me nor President Trump, our First Lady, and the Trump children.”

The retired Army lieutenant general pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to FBI agents about the conversations he had with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. He then tried to withdraw the plea ahead of sentencing.

Flynn noted that while he’s “fought alongside the bravest men and women on distant battlefields in the midst of the fire and fury of war,” he was “in this fight for my life and liberties on the battlefield of justice and truth.”

“My faith in God and the love and support of my wife Lori have seen me through,” he wrote.

He also thanked his fellow Americans calling them “our Digital Army of Patriots who inspired us to keep fighting, uncovered secrets we would otherwise have not known, and shared with us their thoughts, dreams, and wisdom throughout this ordeal.”

Flynn added, “To all Americans, what we choose to do in this life should never be stopped by fear. Instead, we need to embrace the uncertainty and accept the risk that comes with sacrifice and then work to overcome the sheer magnitude of life’s challenges, especially during this crucible of our nation’s history. Our very survival as a nation is at stake.”