The American People Want and Deserve Answers on Flynn, Trump, Russian Ties

Style Magazine Newswire | 4/27/2017, 3:08 p.m.
Jackson Lee: “The payments Flynn took from Russia despite being warned not to accept them raise grave questions about the …
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Committees on Judiciary and Homeland Security and Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations, released the following statement about foreign payments the former National Security Advisor took from foreign governments despite being warned not to accept them:

“Declassified documents made public by the House Oversight Committee reveal troubling information about Russian payments to the former National Security Advisor. We now know General Michael Flynn ignored warnings from the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014 not to accept payments from foreign entities but that didn’t stop him.

“The Department of Defense opened its own investigation of Flynn earlier this month, adding to investigations already underway in both the House and Senate surrounding Russian collusion with Trump campaign officials in the 2016 Presidential election. And yet the Trump Administration continues to delay and obstruct efforts to determine the truth.

“That is why it is imperative that the White House cooperate with all relevant committees and immediately hand over documents related to Flynn’s Russian contacts. We need to know whether the Russian money Flynn received were payments or payoffs.”

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