White House to Committee: No
It appears that the White House has refused to provide documents requested by the House Oversight committee investigating Flynn.
Also, the leaders of the committee say Flynn probably broke the law.
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn probably broke the law by failing to disclose foreign income he earned from Russia and Turkey, the heads of the House Oversight Committee said Tuesday.
Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and the panel’s ranking Democrat, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), said they believe Flynn neither received permission nor fully disclosed income he earned for a speaking engagement in Russia and lobbying activities on behalf of Turkey when he applied to reinstate his security clearance. They reached this conclusion after viewing two classified memos and a financial disclosure form in a private briefing Tuesday morning.
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Chaffetz and Cummings stressed that as a former military officer, Flynn would have needed special permission for his appearance at a gala sponsored by RT, the Russian-government-funded television station, for which he was paid $45,000. For his work lobbying on behalf of the Turkish government, he was paid more than $500,000.
“It does not appear that was ever sought, nor did he get that permission,” Chaffetz said.
That doesn’t seem like the kind of thing a former military officer could just not be aware of.
The Oversight Committee asked the White House in March for documents pertaining to Flynn’s security-clearance applications, the vetting that occurred before he was named national security adviser, and all of his contacts with foreign agents, including any payments received. In particular, the committee heads requested to see a disclosure form known as the SF-86, on which Flynn was obligated to declare any foreign income.
On April 19, the White House sent the committee a reply, stating that any documents related to Flynn from before Jan. 20 — the day President Trump took office — were not in its possession, and that any documents from after that date did not seem relevant to the committee’s investigation.
“The White House has refused to provide this committee with a single piece of paper in response to our bipartisan request,” Cummings said.
Not good.
Not good, but worse: Not surprising. In the least.
Disarm the bandits. They already stole all underwear so:
1. Shut him up.
2. Lock him up
3. ???
4. Profit!!
Surprisingly, I think that the White House may just about be flirting with the truth on this one. ‘No paper trail’ is probably Trump’s first rule of dodgy business dealings and there’s no reason I can think of why he wouldn’t carry this over into his new role.