Cummings Asks Pence For Docs On Flynn’s Alleged Conflicts Of Interest

RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York CityUnited States Representative Elijah Cummings (Democrat of Maryland), Ranking member, US House Committee on Overs... RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York CityUnited States Representative Elijah Cummings (Democrat of Maryland), Ranking member, US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform makes his closing remarks as FBI Director James Comey testifies before the committee following his announcement on Tuesday that he would recommend not to prosecute former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for maintaining a private server on Capitol Hill FBI Director Comey Testifies on Clinton E-Mail Server Investigation, Washington, D.C, USA - 07 Jul 2016 (Rex Features via AP Images) MORE LESS
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As Donald Trump’s transition team officially announced that retired Gen. Michael Flynn had been named Trump’s national security adviser, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, on Friday asked for documents about Flynn’s “apparent conflicts of interest.”

Cummings sent a letter to Vice President-elect Mike Pence, the head of Trump’s transition team, requesting information on Flynn’s work with his consulting firm, Flynn Intel Group, Inc., citing reports that Flynn received classified briefings during the campaign while lobbying the United States government on behalf of foreign governments.

“President-elect Trump promised during his campaign that he would ‘drain the swamp,’ but his top national security advisor is Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, whose firm is reportedly being paid to lobby the U.S. Government by a close ally of Turkey’s president. It is unclear how Lt. Gen. Flynn was reportedly allowed into intelligence briefings during the campaign despite these apparent conflicts of interest,” Cummings said in a statement accompanying the letter.

Cummings previously requested documents about potential for Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to serve as a White House adviser given that such a move would violate anti-nepotism law. The congressman has also called for hearings looking into whether Russia meddled in the U.S. elections.

Read Cummings’ letter to Pence:

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  1. I’m not sure how they say “piss off” in Indianaese.

    Oh, Miss Kitty advises it’s something like “You can bite my pork tenderloin.”
    Conveys the general thought I guess.

  2. Why is Cummings wasting his time with blockhead Pence? Just send the letter directly to the Kremlin.

  3. Serious question: Are Pence/Trump legally obligated to respond to these requests or is this just a show of “we’re watching” by Cummings?

  4. I think the general idea is to obtain and make a public record of whatever documentation there exists of the vetting and consideration of anything but Flynn’s being Sycophant #1 of Donald Trump.

  5. Steady pressure … just don’t EVER let up ! —

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