Press conference now: Rep. Cummings announces 3 releases

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47. NPR: Michael Flynn Is The Subject Of A Pentagon Investigation

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/27/525881345/michael-flynn-is-the-subject-of-a-pentagon-investigation

.... Today, Cummings cited an Oct. 8, 2014, letter to Flynn from the general counsel of the Defense Intelligence Agency that the ranking member described as "explicitly warning Flynn, as he entered retirement, that he was prohibited by the Constitution from receiving payments from foreign sources without advance permission."

In the letter, the agency said it was responding to Flynn's "request for a written opinion regarding the ethics restrictions" after his retirement. ...........

Flynn was fired by President Trump from his job as national security adviser for giving statements to administration officials that obscured his contacts with Russia's U.S. ambassador.

"Flynn later offered to testify to the congressional committees investigating the potential connections between Trump's campaign and Russia's interference in last year's election if he could secure immunity from prosecution," NPR's Phil Ewing reports. "So far, neither the House nor Senate Intelligence Committee has agreed to make such an arrangement."

Cummings said that after getting documents related to Flynn from the Department of Defense, "Our next step is to get the documents we are seeking from the White House so we can complete our investigation." ..............

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