Donald Trump ally Michael Flynn shot down social media claims he'd been chosen as the former president's vice presidential running mate Wednesday. A Federal Election Commission filing was shared on Twitter appearing to show Flynn's name added to a Donald Trump fundraising group — with the title "Vice President" accompanying it. Flynn fired back almost immediately on his X account calling it fake .
"I just saw 2 unauthorized FEC filings referencing my name. They are fake news! I don't know anything about them, and my office has alerted the FEC," he said. The post comes after Flynn issued an official statement of endorsement for Trump's 2024 campaign.
READ ALSO: 'Fraud': Trump campaign denies federal filing naming Michael Flynn as VP running mate Last week, Raw Story's Jordan Green reported that a number of fake committees filed documents that inadvertently make false announcements. "In late 2022, for example, someone created a federal political committee indicating that former Vice President Mike Pence had formed a 2024 presidential campaign committee," recalled Green. "But the committee was a fraud, and Pence's representatives scrambled to correct the record and debunk several premature media reports that Pence, who ultimately would run for president months later, had entered the race.
" When a similar Trump-Flynn filing first popped up in June, the Trump campaign debunked it after Raw Story asked about it. The committee , “Donald J. Trump and Michael Flynn for President 2.
