(Detroit Free Press) Michael Flynn, a retired Army general who once served as former President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, is reaching out to Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib and the Muslim community in metro Detroit to form a broad conservative coalition.
Flynn, who pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about conversations he had with Russian officials and was later pardoned by Trump, first met with Ghalib last month at Grace Christian Church in Sterling Heights, an evangelical house of worship that was hosting an event called “A Celebration of America’s Freedom and Future.” Ghalib said Flynn asked to meet him during his visit to metro Detroit.
Last week, Flynn and Ghalib met again at Azal Hall in Hamtramck. About 35 attended the Sept. 6 meeting that included some Michigan GOP leaders along with Muslim community and faith leaders, mostly of Yemeni descent from Hamtramck and Dearborn.
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