Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, an associate of Donald Trump who played a prominent role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, has been hit with a sanctions bid in a defamation lawsuit against a former Republican activist. Flynn, who held a MAGA doomsday prophecy event last year, reportedly sued former Lincoln Project veterans affairs adviser Fred Wellman for defamation “over three tweets that Wellman posted in February and March of 2022.” “The tweets described Flynn as ‘a traitor’ and accused him of being a paid agent of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Flynn is seeking $150 million in d…