When we last checked in with Michael Flynn, the former National Security Advisor who resigned in disgrace after allegedly concealing his clandestine contacts with Russian government officials, he was cravenly shopping his testimony to various investigative entities in exchange for immunity from prosecution—an offer that, as far as we know, did not receive any takers. According to a wild new report from The Wall Street Journal, though, Michael Flynn might want to give that effort another shot.

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The WSJ spoke with one Peter W. Smith, a private-equity executive and Republican opposition researcher who in late summer 2016 began an "independent" effort to track down emails that he apparently suspected had been stolen from Hillary Clinton's much-maligned private server by hackers affiliated with the Russian government. Who was Mr. Smith supposedly working with in this effort, you ask? Why, none other than senior Trump advisor and noted "LOCK HER UP" chant leader Michael Flynn.

“He said, ‘I’m talking to Michael Flynn about this—if you find anything, can you let me know?’” said Eric York, a computer-security expert from Atlanta who searched hacker forums on Mr. Smith’s behalf for people who might have access to the emails.

Emails written by Mr. Smith and one of his associates show that his small group considered Mr. Flynn and his consulting company, Flynn Intel Group, to be allies in their quest.

Michael Flynn doing shady stuff isn't exactly breaking news—again, this is the same guy whose White House career managed to last all of 18 days before unraveling in spectacular fashion. But what's most fascinating about this purported Russia-to-Smith-to-Flynn link is how neatly it happens to align with what the efforts of the various inquiries into Russia's election interference have unearthed thus far.

Those investigators have examined reports from intelligence agencies that describe Russian hackers discussing how to obtain emails from Mrs. Clinton’s server and then transmit them to Mr. Flynn via an intermediary, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the intelligence.