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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Alex Moe@AlexNBCNews
Oversight Chairman Chaffetz says he sees no docs to support General Flynn complied with the law
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Flynn committed a felony on his security clearance application by not disclosing he took huge payments for speechs to Russia and can be punished by up to 5 years in jail.
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Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn did not disclose payments for a 2015 speech in Moscow in his application to renew his security clearance in 2016, the leaders of the House Oversight Committee told reporters Tuesday.
“As a former military officer, you simply cannot take money from Russia, Turkey or anybody else,” Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said. “And it appears as if he did take that money. It was inappropriate. And there are repercussions for the violation of law.”
Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the panel’s top Democrat, noted that knowingly falsifying or concealing information on a security clearance application form, called an SF-86, is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...ication-237576
We now know why Chaffetz is seeking an exit, his announcement that he is not seeking the re-election was made the same day the letter requesting documents of proof regarding Flynn from the White House.
https://twitter.com/AmandaWills/stat...79541620527105
The White House is now denying all requests for information from the House Oversight Committee as per CNN.
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The news comes after the White House declined to provide documents related to Flynn that the panel investigating him had requested, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short outlined in a letter to the House oversight committee how it would not complete the request from the panel, referring some requests to the Department of Defense, saying the office doesn't have custody of some of the other documents or simply stating "we are unable to accommodate" others.
A White House aide disputed that the White House was withholding anything from the committee, saying they could not provide documents they do not have access to. The aide said that they directed oversight investigators to the appropriate agencies.
The announcement about Flynn comes a week after CNN reported that Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and a senior adviser to the President, has yet to detail to the federal government all of his foreign contacts, a condition of receiving his top secret security clearance, CNN has learned.
White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short outlined in a letter to the House oversight committee how it would not complete the request from the panel, referring some requests to the Department of Defense, saying the office doesn't have custody of some of the other documents or simply stating "we are unable to accommodate" others.
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Sounds like to me they are busy shredding documents
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/25/politi...tee/index.html