What, if anything, can the Senate expect to get out of Mike Flynn who already stated he’s gonna due the 5th all day – PB/TK
Pressure mounts as Senate subpoenas Flynn again over Trump-Russia inquiry – By Sabrina Siddiqui / May 23 2017
Congressional investigators on Tuesday issued a fresh warning to Michael Flynn to turn over documents pertaining to the investigation of Russian interference in the US election, escalating pressure on Donald Trump’s former national security adviser to either comply or risk being held in contempt.
Leaders of the Senate intelligence committee, which is overseeing one of the three separate inquiries into potential ties between Trump’s campaign and Moscow, announced two new subpoenas for Flynn’s business records a day after he rejected earlier requests for documents by invoking his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination.
Senators Richard Burr and Mark Warner, the top Republican and Democrat on the panel, told reporters on Capitol Hill they were considering “all options” available to compel Flynn’s cooperation with their investigation. Among the possibilities, the senators acknowledged, was to hold Flynn in contempt of Congress, a criminal charge, if he continued down the path of refusing compliance.
“The end of that option is a contempt charge,” Burr said. “That’s not our preference today. We would like to hear from Gen Flynn.”
“We’d like to see his documents, we’d like him to tell his story because he publicly said, ‘I’ve got a story to tell’,” Burr added. “We’re allowing him that opportunity.”
Continue to theguardian.com article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/23/michael-flynn-trump-russia-investigation-new-subpoenas
