Michael Flynn Jr., the son of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, wrote in a Tuesday tweet that "the disinformation campaign against my father won."

The tweet, sent the day after his father's resignation, has since been deleted.

Michael Flynn resigned early Tuesday after reports he misled senior White House officials about his conversations with Russia.

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Flynn Jr. is dubiously known for promoting the fake news story dubbed "Pizzagate" in the fall. The story falsely claimed that Comet Ping Pong, a Washington, D.C., pizzeria, was the center of a child sex trafficking ring involving Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Virginia Democrat blasts Trump's 'appalling' remark about COVID-19 deaths in 'blue states' The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE and her campaign chairman John Podesta. The hubbub around the younger Flynn's promotion of the conspiracy theory eventually ended with his removal from President Trump's transition team.



Former Bill Clinton William (Bill) Jefferson ClintonD-Day for Trump: September 29 Trump job approval locked at 42 percent: Gallup If Trump doesn't know why he should be president again, how can voters? MORE aide Philippe Reines mocked Flynn Jr. on Twitter with a tweet that Hillary Clinton retweeted to her 13.2 million followers.

Dear Mike Flynn & Mike Flynn Jr.,



What goes around COMETS around.



And given your pizza obsession...https://t.co/rmyO7wyJKX



xo



Philippe — Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) February 14, 2017