Michael Flynn

Michael Flynn Has A Whole Lot Of Questions To Answer

... You’re all set. The Post reports. Michael Flynn, who was forced to resign as national security adviser amid controversy over his contacts with Russia’s ambassador, collected nearly $68,000 in fees and expenses from Russia-related entities in 2015, a higher amount than was previously known, according to newly released documents. The records show that the bulk of the money, more than $45,000, came from the Russian government-backed television network RT, in connection to a December 2015 trip Flynn took to Moscow. Flynn has acknowledged that RT sponsored his trip, during which he attended a gala celebrating the network’s 10 th anniversary and was seated near Russian President Vladi­mir Putin. His speakers bureau took a cut of the fee. The notion that a presidential candidate’s closest foreign policy adviser and then national security adviser was so richly rewarded by a hostile foreign power would have been unthinkable before this ...

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

... Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) asked for the information in a letter  sent to the White House, the FBI, the Department of Defense and the director of national intelligence. “The Committee is reviewing whether Lt. General Michael Flynn, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the former National Security Advisor, fully disclosed his payments from Russian, Turkish, or other foreign sources, including but not limited to payments he received from Kremlin-backed media outlet known as RT (formerly Russia Today),” the congressmen say in the letter. Flynn was one of President Donald Trump ’s closest advisers during the presidential campaign. He was named national security adviser soon after Trump’s victory, even though there were questions surrounding money he received from the Russian government and his work lobbying for a Turkish ...

The Michael Flynn Scandal Just Got A Lot Worse

... to Turkey, where he could be detained either by that friendly government or by Turkish agents operating there, and then whisked back to Turkey? Unlikely. It is reported that Gülen never leaves his Pennsylvania home except for medical appointments. That seems to leave only extraordinary rendition—essentially kidnapping the wanted person and then using covert means to spirit him out of the United States. To be clear, news reports to date do not specify what methods Flynn and his Turkish government interlocutors discussed. James Woolsey, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, was invited to the September 19 meeting but arrived late, after it had begun. He soon left, according to the Journal, because he found “the topic startling and the actions being discussed possibly illegal.” There are federal and state statutes barring kidnapping, and conspiring about or aiding and abetting the same, but it is unclear if that is the potential ...

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

... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, accompanied by their wives, first lady Melania Trump and Akie Abe, wave before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on Feb. 10, 2017. Jose Luis Magana, AP. Trump walks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House on Feb. 10, 2017. Evan Vucci, AP. President Trump speaks to Democratic and Republican senators about Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch in the Roosevelt Room on Feb. 9, 2017. Pool, Getty Images. Trump arrives for a meeting with airline executives on Feb. 9, 2017. Evan Vucci, AP. President Trump leaves after speaking at the Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriff's Association Winter Meeting in Washington on Feb. 8, 2017. Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich speaks during a meeting with Trump on Feb. 8, 2017, where Intel announced an investment of $7 billion to build a factory in Chandler, Ariz., to create advanced semi-conductor chips. Chris Kleponis, Pool/European Pressphoto Agency. Trump holds up a gift given to him by county sheriffs following a meeting as they pose for photos in the Oval Office on Feb. 7, 2017. Saul Loeb, ...

Big Interest In Flynn From House Intelligence

... governments. Comey repeatedly told Sewell, "I can't comment on that.". Republicans, meanwhile, have said they would like to hear from Flynn, but for a very different reason: They want to know who leaked transcripts 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 ...

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

... assertions and circulating them in banner headlines. So what’s very, very curious here is 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 ...

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

... has accused the Trump administration's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn , of participating in a discussion with Turkish officials about possibly subverting the U. S. extradition process to remove a Turkish cleric from the United States. The Wall Street Journal first reported Woolsey's comments and posted a video interview with 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. ...

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

... attended a “working breakfast” on 18 January 2017 at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D. C. but we found no evidence the two held a private meeting that included Michael Flynn (who served as the first National Security Advisor for the incoming Trump administration but resigned less than a month later after information surfaced indicating he had misled Vice President Mike Pence about the nature and content of his communications with the Russian ambassador to the U. S.). Nunes’ spokesman Jack Langer told us in an e-mail that Nunes was one of dozens of guests at a large event, not a part of a small and private meeting. Chairman Nunes was a speaker at that event, but it was a large breakfast event, not a small, private meeting as described in that article. Mr. Cavusoglu was one of about 40 attendees at the event, which included 20-30 ambassadors to the U. S. and about 10 other foreign dignitaries and officials. The attendees heard some remarks from Flynn, Chairman Nunes, and other representatives on national security issues — the discussion topic was not Turkey or any other single ...