The Flynn Intel Group is a lobbying group established by Michael Flynn in October 2014. [1] Flynn registered the company from the home of his friend Stanley A. McChrystal, a "fellow general-turned-consultant." [2]
Kamil Ekim Alptekin, a Turkish businessman close to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's leader, is a client of Flynn Intel Group. [3] Inovo, a company owned by Alptekin, paid the Flynn Intel Group $530,000 to investigate Fethullah Gülen, a U.S.-resident cleric who is wanted by the Turkish government. [4] The group's failure to register as a foreign agent after accepting this contract was among the activities examined by Robert Mueller's 2017 Special Counsel investigation. [5]
Subsidiaries of the Flynn Intel Group include FIG Cyber Inc and FIG Aviation. They are headed by Timothy Newberry and Mike Coomes. [6] [4] [7] Other employees included Flynn's son, Michael G. Flynn, who served as his father's chief of staff. [8]
The group's House Identification number is 433680001 and Senate Identification number is 401104161. [9]