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Released prisoners, in a bus, are welcomed by family members and colleagues after they left Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, April 17, 2026, following Myanmar President's amnesty to mark the country's traditional new year. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

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Filmmaker Shin Daewe talks to journalists after she was released from Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, April 17, 2026, following Myanmar President's amnesty to mark the country's traditional new year. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

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Released prisoners, in a bus, are welcomed by family members and colleagues after they left Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, April 17, 2026, following Myanmar President's amnesty to mark the country's traditional new year. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

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Released prisoners, in a bus, are welcomed by family members and colleagues after they left Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, April 17, 2026, following Myanmar President's amnesty to mark the country's traditional new year. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

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The Justice Department has settled for roughly $1.2 million a lawsuit with Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who pleaded guilty during the Republican’s first term to lying about phone conversations with a top Russian diplomat but was later pardoned. Court papers filed Wednesday do not reveal the settlement amount, but a person familiar with the matter, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to disclose nonpublic information, confirmed the total as about $1.2 million. The settlement resolves a 2023 lawsuit in which Flynn sought at least $50 million and asserted that the criminal case against him amounted to a malicious prosecution. It also represents a stark turnabout in position for a Justice Department.