Michael Flynn likely broke law failing to disclose foreign payments, House Oversight leaders say

Washington Post ^ | 04/25/2017 | By Karoun Demirjian

[SeekAndFind]

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn likely broke the law by failing to disclose foreign income he earned from Russia and Turkey, the heads of the House Oversight Committee said Tuesday.

Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said they believe Flynn neither received permission nor fully disclosed income he earned for a speaking engagement in Russia and lobbying activities on behalf of Turkey when he applied to reinstate his security clearance, after viewing two classified memos and Flynn’s disclosure form in a private briefing Tuesday morning.

“Personally I see no evidence or no data to support the notion that General Flynn complied with the law,” Chaffetz told reporters following the briefing.

[RummyChick]

Waiting for the shoe to drop on Chaffetz.

[LS]

Another reason Chaffetz needs to go.

[unixfox]

But Hillary broke NO law.

[31R1O]

I don’t know if it will ever drop if we keep seeing this behavior. He may get to keep his job if he plays ball with whomever knows whatever secrets he has.

[subterfuge]

Prove he broke the law, idiots! That’s how it works you stupid morons!

[RummyChick]

You have a valid point.


Steve Westly‏Verified account @SteveWestly 4m4 minutes ago More Breaking: Chaffetz says Gen. Flynn may face "reprecussions for the violation of law."

[RummyChick]

Yossi Gestetner‏Verified account @YossiGestetner ago More Replying to @Amy_Siskind "Took money?" Was paid fees; it's known for years, but leave it to Putz in The House Chaffetz to use "took money" term to make it appear BIG

[wardaddy]

I’ve been off the forum a few days but this looks bad for Flynn

Honestly

It’s only a party issue by how they run with it

[RummyChick]

I am not paying close attention to the minute details of this.

So what is the deal?
He took fees which is legal but he didn’t disclose them which is illegal?????

[DoughtyOne]

Whew, I’m sure glad they are ready to out folks who receive (improper?) payments and don’t report them.

Heck, half of Congress is about to be jettisoned.

[bboop]

Git the Big Gun Lawyers and fight them to the death. They are after any and all scalps they can get, even tho half the libs belong in Gitmo.

[Bob434]

[[That’s how it works you stupid morons!]]

No it isn’t- not with congress- liberals get away with everything- republicans don’t get away with anything- heck even when htey are innocent, they get railroaded out of their jobs by the howling hyenas on the left

[kabar]

I noticed Cummings patted Chaffetz on the back as they left the microphone. Useful idiot. Flynn is just the stalking horse for Trump. The Dems will claim this demonstrates collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians.

Something is going on behind the scenes with the Chaffetz not running for reelection and hinting that he might leave before his term is up. I can recall the USSS leaked some information on him using his application for employment with the USSS that was turned down for unmentioned reasons.

Chaffetz withdrew his endorsement of Trump during the campaign.

[31R1O]

This is why we can’t have nice things.

[DesertRhino]

The Clintons and Gore took millions from the Chinese for decades. Saudis gave the Clintons millions. The Saudis and Gulf States and Ukraine have plied the GOPe and various dems with fantastic amounts of cash. The cartels gave cash to Hillary.

You didn’t care then, we don’t care now. Bite off.

[mewzilla]

“Reprecussions”, huh?

Who’s that on, Westly or Chaffetz? :-)

[chris37]

Did he break the same laws the Clintons broke?

[blueyon]

Key word is “LIKELY” ....which also means he might not have!

[RummyChick]

CIA has been known to whisper in someone’s ear to get the action that they want. Sometimes quite literally.

Someone has said something to Chaffetz. Now I just want him gone. He can’t be trusted.