Michael Flynn

Michael Flynn In Talks With Congress About Immunity

... and Senate intelligence committees on receiving immunity from “unfair prosecution” in exchange for questioning. Flynn attorney Robert Kelner says no “reasonable person” with legal counsel would answer questions without assurances. Associated Press. By CHAD DAY, EILEEN SULLIVAN and JULIE PACE. WASHINGTON - Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is in discussions with the House and Senate intelligence committees on receiving immunity from "unfair prosecution" in exchange for agreeing to be questioned as part of ongoing probes into possible contacts between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia, his attorney said Thursday. "General Flynn certainly has a story to tell, and he very much wants to tell it, should the circumstances permit," said Flynn's attorney, Robert Kelner. Kelner said no "reasonable person" with legal counsel would answer questions without assurances that he would not be prosecuted, given calls from some members of Congress that the former lieutenant general should face criminal charges. Flynn's ties to Russia have been scrutinized by the FBI and are under ...

N.j. Congressman Wants Details On Michael Flynn's Lobbying Status

... while meeting with truck drivers and trucking CEOs on the South Portico prior to their meeting to discuss health care at the White House on March 23, 2017. Jim Lo Scalzo, European Pressphoto Agency. President Trump speaks during a meeting with Congressional Black Caucus members in the Cabinet Room at the White House on March 22, 2017. Chip Somodevilla, Pool/European Pressphoto Agency. Trump speaks during a meeting on women in health care on March 22, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room. Evan Vucci, AP. Trump holds a NASA flight jacket presented to him by NASA Astronaut Office Chief Chris Cassidy after signing the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017 in the Oval Office on March 21, 2017. Bill Ingalls, NASA/Getty Images. Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price arrive on Capitol Hill on March 21, 2017, to meet with GOP lawmakers on the Republican health care overhaul. J. Scott Applewhite, AP. President Trump listens while Iraqi Prime Minister Haider ...

Oversight Committee Seeks Documents On Michael Flynn’s Foreign Business Connections

... Government Reform Committee leaders have asked for several documents pertaining to this clearance process, including Flynn’s answers to the questionnaire  any communications or records of payment Flynn may have disclosed. Flynn’s foreign agent registration documents indicate that his consulting firm received more than $500,000 for its work on behalf of the Turkish government. News reports indicate that the Russian-backed television station RT paid Flynn $33,750 to travel to Moscow in December 2015. The reports also indicate that Flynn received $11,250 each from Kaspersky Labs, a Russian cybersecurity firm, and from an air cargo company affiliated with the Volga-Dnepr Group, which is owned by a Russian businessman. Both payments were for speeches he gave in 2015. The payments from RT and the ...

Big Interest In Flynn From House Intelligence

... of his conversations with Kislyak and ultimately "unmasked" Flynn as a subject in the collection of surveillance. At one point in Monday's hearing, Rep. Trey Gowdy, a South Carolina Republican, asked Comey, "Did you brief President (Barack) Obama on any calls involving Michael Flynn?". Comey said he could not answer that question. Speier told CNN, "There's already an agreement that Michael Flynn is going to come before the committee.". But Schiff and Nunes both disputed that statement, saying nothing has been worked out yet. "I would certainly like to have Flynn come in, but I haven't talked to the chairman about dates or witness order or any of those issues yet," Schiff told CNN. A committee source explained that bringing Flynn would likely require a subpoena and, even then, may not be successful in getting any information from the former Trump aide. "I would be very surprised if he comes in without being subpoenaed," the source told CNN. "And I would expect him to take the Fifth (Amendment).". The House Intelligence Committee will have a second public hearing as part of its investigation next Tuesday, the focus will be on a trio of former ...

Michael Flynn 'flipped,' Is Giving Damning Evidence On Donald Trump To Fbi? Not So Fast

... "I, as have others in the national security field, have observed that former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn is potentially a key figure in the investigation; I have said so many times for many weeks," she wrote Sunday on Facebook, which was quickly reported by the conservative news site PJ Media. She continued: "Last night, I noted that other Trump players named in recent stories have agreed to speak in front of the House Intel Committee and that Flynn has not. And I stated that it raises a question about whether he may have a deal with the FBI. Moreover, sources I have talked to in the field also are increasingly wondering the same thing. But, to be clear, I did not say that he is actually cooperating or that I have talked to anyone who does.". Kayyem certainly did give the ...

Hey, Why Is The National Enquirer Saying That Michael Flynn Is A Russian Spy

... how Flynn has suddenly become a Trump opponent, perhaps not coincidentally one day after Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the Democrat’s ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee told CNN that he had been “ presented with new evidence on collusion between associates of President Donald Trump and Russia.” (That disclosure, of course, came mere hours after Schiff’s counterpart on the committee, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) made the puzzling decision to brief the White House on communications that had been “incidentally” collected between Trump associates and foreign targets of a FISA warrant ― a move that Nunes now seems to regret having made.). With the Enquirer having spent the last year working in lockstep with the Trump administration, serving as one of their more ardent boosters and defenders, you can’t help but wonder how it came to pass that Flynn is now being hung out to dry as a “Russian spy” in its pages. None of this necessarily points ...

The Michael Flynn Scandal Just Got A Lot Worse

... if his meeting with Turkish officials about Gülen never broached topics that would themselves constitute crimes. The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) requires that a person acting as “an agent of a foreign principal”—including, among other things, an agent of a foreign government—file a disclosure of that relationship with the U. S. Department of Justice. There are exemptions, but none seem to fit Flynn in 2016. The statute specifies that the filing must be made within ten days of beginning to act as an agent of a foreign government. Willful failure to comply with the statute is a felony. On March 7, after being fired as National Security Adviser, Flynn belatedly filed a FARA disclosure that revealed that, through his firm, Flynn Intel Group, he had worked in 2016 on behalf of Inovo BV, a firm based in Netherlands and owned by a Turkish ...

Did Devin Nunes Meet With Michael Flynn And Turkey's Foreign Minister

... James Mattis, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Met w/Speaker of the House of Representatives Ryan, the new Defense Secretary Mattis and Secretary of Treasury Mnuchin in Washington D. C. __link__/QZNWZOJh VA. — Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (@Mevlut Cavusoglu) January 19, 2017. The meetings between Flynn and Turkish government officials have no doubt been tainted by Flynn’s lobbying activity and an ongoing investigation into his alleged activities on behalf of foreign governments (vis-a-vis his short-lived role as a high-ranking intelligence official with the Trump administration). But we found no evidence supporting the claim that Nunes went alongside Flynn for a discussion on the specific topic of Turkish-U. S. relations with Cavusoglu. The ...

Michael Flynn Has A Whole Lot Of Questions To Answer

... when he was paid by the Russians. If not, did the Russians know Flynn would be joining the Trump campaign. Did he, at the time he came onto the campaign or at any point thereafter, disclose his financial relationship. Where’s the speech he gave in Russia at the event for RT. Why did he deny that RT is a propaganda outlet controlled by the Kremlin. What did he discuss with Russian officials (before or after the inauguration) concerning Ukraine, Syria, U. S. policy toward Russia, Trump’s views toward Russia, NATO or any other matter of interest to the Russian government. How did the change in the Republican National Committee platform to remove language pledging military support for Ukraine come about. How was it that Flynn came to join Trump? Who hired him. Does Flynn know how so many pro-Putin advisers just happened to wind up in the employ of the presidential candidate/eventual president. Who else in the campaign had financial ties to Russia. Did Trump ever discuss business ties to Russia. Does Flynn know of any business transactions between Trump or his company/family and Russian officials or oligarchs. That should be ...

Michael Flynn's Firm Discussed Removing Turkish Cleric From U.s

... him late Friday. A Flynn spokesman said Friday that Woolsey's claims are "false" and that "no such discussion occurred.". In the Journal interview, Woolsey says he walked into the middle of a discussion between Turkish officials and members of Flynn's firm, Flynn Intel Group, late in the evening of Sept. 19 at Essex House hotel in New York City. Woolsey said the discussion generally involved removing cleric Fethullah Gulen from the U. S. without going through the lengthy extradition process, though he said it stopped short of outlining a specific plan to sweep the cleric out of the country. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought Gulen's extradition from the U. S. after accusing the cleric of directing a failed coup last summer. The U. S. government has rebuffed that request, and Gulen, who has ...