Trump team: Flynn's son was, but is no longer, involved in transition team

The son of incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has no involvement in the transition team of President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Tuesday morning.

The younger Flynn had been involved in the transition but is no longer, Trump spokesman Jason Miller clarified later Tuesday.


“The younger Michael Flynn was helping his father with some administration and scheduling duties early on in the transition process and he is no longer involved with transition efforts," Miller said when asked about a CNN report that Flynn's son had an official .gov transition email address.

Michael Flynn Jr., who served in the past as his father’s chief of staff, has been active on social media in embracing and promoting fictitious news stories, including the so-called “Pizzagate” conspiracy that led a North Carolina man to allegedly carry a weapon into a Washington, D.C. pizza restaurant and fire it. Police say he claimed he had come to “self-investigate” the baseless conspiracy, which holds that former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her campaign chairman ran a child-sex ring from the pizzeria’s back rooms.

Pence said Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that Flynn Jr. “has no involvement in the transition whatsoever. When pressed on the email address, Pence repeated unequivocally that the incoming national security adviser’s son has no role with Trump’s transition.