*** equals Flynn?
3-star general.
According to the Federalist article linked by Q, the texts reveal a general apprehension of the FBI agents, about having their malfeasance regarding the Trump/Flynn investigations discovered by the new AG. Their solution was to pressure Sessions to recuse himself from oversight of the Trump investigation. With fellow swamp rat Rod Rosenstein they felt safe.
Not exactly...
Actually, "★★★" = Major General Flynn
As an indication of the meticulous crafting of QDrops, Q goes to the trouble of inserting Unicode "★" -- three times -- each time he addresses MGEN Flynn -- so that he will be addressed by his three stars -- instead of three asterisks...
TXnMA