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A news conference today, led by Elijah Cummings, outlines (along with two other documents), a CIA letter to General Flynn that explicitly warned him against taking payments from foreign sources without advance permission. Quote: "The Pentagon's warning to Gen. Flynn was bold, italicized and could not have been clearer."
Following the documents' release, Cummings criticized the White House for not co-operating in releasing documents related to Flynn.
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"I honestly don't understand why the White House is covering up for Michael Flynn," Cummings said. "I don't get it, after the President fired him for lying — they should be bending over backwards to help us. It does not make any sense and it makes the American people think they have something to hide. There is a paper trail that the White House does not want our committee to follow."
In the White House press briefing this afternoon, Sean Spicer blamed Flynns security clearance on the Obama administration.
How convenient.
Convenient or not, the Trump administration isn't to blame for Flynn having a security clearance. Flynn was able to keep his security clearance, despite the warnings he received (which had to have come from some sort of formal action/behavior on Flynn's part) from the Obama administration's DoD. Now, I don't think that's entirely fair, but let's get real here: Flynn's actions were apparently well known enough by the prior administration that it issued the warning letter.
Convenient or not, the Trump administration isn't to blame for Flynn having a security clearance. Flynn was able to keep his security clearance, despite the warnings he received (which had to have come from some sort of formal action/behavior on Flynn's part) from the Obama administration's DoD. Now, I don't think that's entirely fair, but let's get real here: Flynn's actions were apparently well known enough by the prior administration that it issued the warning letter.
Was the warning an official letter directed specifically at Flynn or the essentially standard instructions given to all retiring officers? My husband received the same warning as a standard part of the things he had to sign for his retirement. They get them, by the way, because regular army officers can be called back to active duty when they retire.
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Convenient or not, the Trump administration isn't to blame for Flynn having a security clearance. Flynn was able to keep his security clearance, despite the warnings he received (which had to have come from some sort of formal action/behavior on Flynn's part) from the Obama administration's DoD. Now, I don't think that's entirely fair, but let's get real here: Flynn's actions were apparently well known enough by the prior administration that it issued the warning letter.
No you've got it the wrong way around. Flynn hadn't taken any payments at the time. -Letters were issued on his retirement from the Military in 2014, not to take foreign government sourced money without advance approval from the Pentagon. Flynn accepted undisclosed payments from Russia in 2015. They couldn't know about something before it had happened.
Clearly no vetting of Flynn took place by the Trump transition team, relying instead on security clearance from the Obama administration. You would think that on offering such an important job as National Security Advisor there might have been some additional vetting? The White House don't appear to have any documentation at all, or if they do they are not providing it. Why not just provide the documentation if there's nothing to hide?
In the White House press briefing this afternoon, Sean Spicer blamed Flynns security clearance on the Obama administration.
How convenient.
I guess someone should tell him that Obama got rid of him.
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