Mike Flynn refused a request from the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday to testify on Russia, the second time he has done so since May.
CNN:
Flynn has also been subpoenaed by the House intelligence committee, which is conducting a separate probe into Russia's election meddling.
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A committee source tells CNN that since the
public subpoena for his business records, the House intelligence committee has not made additional requests for documents or testimony, but that does not preclude future requests.
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In June, CNN reported that Flynn handed over more than 600 pages of documents to the Senate intelligence committee, including business records and personal documents "based on the narrowed requests from the committee." The documents were in response to two subpoenas that the committee sent to Flynn businesses after he invoked his Fifth Amendment rights.
Flynn had previously offered to testify in exchange for immunity and both the House and the Senate turned him down. The Hill:
“General Flynn certainly has a story to tell, and he very much wants to tell it, should the circumstances permit.”
“Notwithstanding his life of national service, the media are awash with unfounded allegations, outrageous claims of treason, and vicious innuendo directed against him. He is now the target of unsubstantiated public demands by Members of Congress and other political critics that he be criminally investigated,” Flynn’s lawyer Robert Kelner said in a statement.
“No reasonable person, who has the benefit of advice from counsel, would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized, witch hunt environment without assurances against unfair prosecution," he added.
Trump remarked last Spring, “If you’re not guilty, why plead the 5th?” The same thing could be said about asking for immunity, and Mike Flynn has done both.