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Michael Flynn may have lied to officials about his Russia ties, congressman says
It seems that LGen. Flynn lied to a Pentagon agency (Defense Investigative Service) when he filled out Section 20 of his SF-86 (Personnel Security Questionnaire) document to renew a 5 year security clearance. This is perjury and a felony.By Tom McCarthy
May 22, 2017
The former national security adviser Michael Flynn appears to have lied about his foreign ties to Barack Obama-era investigators who were weighing whether to renew his security clearances, according to a letter published by Elijah Cummings, the ranking member of the House oversight committee. Cummings announced in his letter, which was addressed to the oversight committee chairman, Jason Chaffetz: “The oversight committee has in our possession documents that appear to indicate that General Flynn lied to investigators who interviewed him in 2016 as part of his security clearance renewal.
“Specifically, the committee has obtained a report of investigation dated March 14, 2016, showing that General Flynn told security clearance investigators that he was paid ‘by US companies’ when he traveled to Moscow in December 2015 to dine at a gala with Russian president Vladimir Putin,” the letter continued. “The actual source of the funds for general Flynn’s trip was not a US company, but the Russian media propaganda arm, RT.” Flynn applied for a five-year clearance “re-investigation” about a month after the Moscow trip, in January 2016, the letter continues. He was interviewed in February. It was in that interview, the Democrats assert, that Flynn appears to have misled investigators as to the source of his livelihood. Neither Flynn nor his lawyers had immediate comment on the latest charges.