The Washington Post and the New York Times reported on Thursday night, citing nearly a dozen current and former officials in total, that
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Top-ranking Democrats: Flynn 'should no longer serve in this administration' if he made secret calls to Russian ambassador
Reports that President Donald Trump's national security adviser secretly called Russia's ambassador to the US to discuss sanctions before Trump took office raise "serious questions of legality and fitness for office," the House Intelligence Committee's top Democrat said Friday.
Still, Rep. Elijah Cummings, a ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, questioned "whether or not [Flynn] should have a security clearance."
“I am very concerned about General Flynn," Cummings told MSNBC on Friday. "His story has changed about three or four times. When you're not truthful, and then the vice president of the United States goes out there and says you didn't do anything wrong, and then, come to find out, that was not accurate, that's a major problem.”
Federal officials who have read the transcript of the call "were surprised by Mr. Flynn's comments, since he would have known that American eavesdroppers closely monitor such calls," The Times reported. "They were even more surprised that Mr. Trump's team publicly denied that the topics of conversation included sanctions."
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Schiff is one of seven top Democratic lawmakers calling on the Defense Department to investigate whether Flynn ran afoul of the Constitution by being paid to speak at a gala in Moscow in December 2015 celebrating the 10th anniversary of the state-sponsored news agency Russia Today.
The emoluments clause of the Constitution deals with conflicts of interest that might arise by accepting gifts or payments from a foreign country. It has been cited by critics of Trump's refusal to sell off his businesses, which
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