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Michael Flynn shoots down 'fake news' report that he is Trump's VP pick

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 2024 Inc.,” is bogus, the Trump campaign confirmed to Raw Story. Last week, Flynn himself responded to Raw Story's reporting by indicating he is not in contention to become Trump's vice presidential running mate.