Update 1:24 p.m.: The chairman of the Senate intelligence committee says his panel has not received a response from Michael Flynn’s lawyer — correcting his earlier statement that Flynn would not comply with a subpoena.
Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina says ousted National Security Adviser Flynn’s attorneys “have not yet indicated their intentions regarding the Senate Intelligence Committee’s subpoena” as part of the panel’s probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Burr says he would welcome Flynn’s willingness to cooperate. Hours earlier, Burr said Flynn’s lawyer said he wouldn’t comply, “and that is not a surprise to the committee. We’ll figure out on General Flynn what the next step, if any, is.”
Original story below:
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has informed the Senate Intelligence Committee he will not honor its subpoena for private documents. That’s according to the panel’s chairman, Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina.
Burr told reporters Thursday about the response from Flynn’s lawyer. Burr says the panel’s members are not surprised and says, “We’ll figure out on Gen. Flynn what the next step, if any, is.”
The committee is one of several on Capitol Hill investigating possible collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Flynn was ousted earlier this year from his senior administration job.
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What is this “next step, if any” business, Sen. Burr?
Sounds like a helluva fight you’re preparing to put up there.
Man, how nice it must be to blow off a subpoena.
The next step is simple: perp walk right down his front steps after serving a warrant to search his private residence.
What the FUCK are they hiding? If it isn’t gigantic, they’ve now screwed themselves, because the entire world will want to know.
I guess I am woefully ignorant. Can someone more versed in legal matters explain how one can not comply with a subpoena? Doesn’t noncompliance mean jail?
If I know Burr, he’s looking for any easy opportunity to back away from this investigation, take his socks off, and just sit back and relax without any pressure to, you know, do the right thing for this country.