Gen Flynn Under Formal Investigation by Pentagon

[DaisyDay]

Mike Flynn under formal investigation by Pentagon over payments from Russia
So apparently, not only did he take payments and lie about it, but that was illegal in itself as former military need permission to accept payments from foreign nationals.

Donald Trump’s former national security adviser is under formal investigation by the Pentagon for his apparently undisclosed paid speaking engagements in Russia, it emerged on Thursday.

Retired army lieutenant general Mike Flynn, a former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) chief, has attracted the official scrutiny for potentially failing “to obtain required approval” for a Moscow speech to RT, a state-controlled news channel that US intelligence considers an arm of Kremlin propaganda.

He can't say he didn't know.

Additionally, newly disclosed DIA documents show that Flynn was warned of “criminal sanctions” in 2014 should he fail to obtain express official approval for accepting money for services rendered to a foreign government.

Just months after Flynn’s 2014 firing from DIA, the intelligence agency’s lawyers informed the retired general of ethics guidelines for his post-government career.

Perhaps this is what Flynn wanted immunity for in exchange for testifying.

 

[Winken]

Such a tragedy. I had high hopes for him.

 

[Rion]

Probably what the lie to Pence was about too.

 

[Allandavid]

Probably what the lie to Pence was about too.

Except there was no lie to Pence. Pence had known of all this for weeks beforehand. Ever since his position as head of the transition, when he was told about Flynn's activities. Ever since he had been informed by the acting AG about Flynn's discussions with the Russians.

 

[DaisyDay]

Except there was no lie to Pence. Pence had known of all this for weeks beforehand. Ever since his position as head of the transition, when he was told about Flynn's activities. Ever since he had been informed by the acting AG about Flynn's discussions with the Russians.

I thought the reason Flynn was fired by Trump was because he lied to Pence and that Pence was the one person who didn't know about Flynn discussing the sanctions with the Russian ambassador, Kislyak.

But this being paid by the Russian government without getting prior permission as required and without notifying the DIA afterwards is new, different and previously unknown. And possibly criminal.