Roger Stone Wants Michael Flynn to Run for President in 2024 if Trump Doesn't On 5/8/21 at 11:44 AM EDT Roger Stone would like retired General Michael Flynn to run for president in 2024 if former President Donald Trump chooses not to run again. Flynn, who briefly served as Trump's national security adviser in early 2017, was pardoned by Trump in December after the former military officer twice pleaded guilty to lying to investigators about his conversations with Russia's ambassador. Stone, who was convicted on charges of lying to Congress, was also pardoned by Trump in December. Both Flynn and Stone have since been key allies of the former president, promoting his baseless conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was "rigged" or "stolen" by the Democrats and President Joe Biden.