FILE - Michael Flynn , a former ºÃÉ«tv Security Advisor to President Trump,,appears in court on Nov. 15, 2022, in Sarasota, Fla. Flynn had his Twitter account reinstated on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, as the United States marked the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection. (Mike Lang/Sarasota Herald-Tribune via AP, Pool, File)
FILE - Michael Flynn , a former ºÃÉ«tv Security Advisor to President Trump,,appears in court on Nov. 15, 2022, in Sarasota, Fla. Flynn had his Twitter account reinstated on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, as the United States marked the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection. (Mike Lang/Sarasota Herald-Tribune via AP, Pool, File)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former national security adviser Michael Flynn had his Twitter account reinstated on Friday as the United States marked the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Twitter suspended the account of the retired Army lieutenant general the violent assault on the capitol. Flynn had more than 1 million followers at the time and had used the platform to become a top spreader of false information about the 2020 election. Twitter cited its for the suspension.
Flynn that he was still banned from Twitter. Roger Stone, a close ally of Donald Trump who now works closely with Flynn, on Friday morning tweeted out a plea to Twitter's owner, Elon Musk, to reinstate Flynn.
Flynn’s account became active sometime on Friday. Though he had not sent any new tweets by mid-afternoon, his profile information and tweets through Jan 8, 2021, had become available.
Musk did not immediately respond to tweets from The Associated Press seeking comment about the reason for the reinstatement, timing and policy. Twitter’s communications department did not immediately respond to emails.
Flynn was actively engaged in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He suggested Trump should seize voting machines and said Trump could order up the military in some states and rerun the election. At one point, to push his ideas directly to Trump.
An detailed how Flynn has worked since the insurrection to based on , and which is attracting .
On Friday, many of his followers were celebrating his reinstatement and welcoming him back, while his brother, Joseph Flynn, had retweeted several of his old tweets from 2020.
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