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All this as we learn that the presidents former national security adviser general michael flynn has offered to testify before congress in exchange for immunity. were told that lawmakers think its too early in the process to consider that request. the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee says hes skeptical about granting it at all. >> flynn failed to report the money that he received from that r.t. propaganda on the kremlin and two other russian entities and requested the backgrou...

All this as we learn that the presidents former national security adviser general michael flynn has offered to testify before congress in exchange for immunity. were told that lawmakers think its too early in the process to consider that request. the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee says hes skeptical about granting it at all. >> flynn failed to report the money that he received from that r.t. propaganda on the kremlin and two other russian entities and requested the backgrou...

All this as we learn that the presidents former national security adviser general michael flynn has offered to testify before congress in exchange for immunity. were told that lawmakers think its too early in the process to consider that request. the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee says hes skeptical about granting it at all. >> flynn failed to report the money that he received from that r.t. propaganda on the kremlin and two other russian entities and requested the backgrou...

Investigation. take a listen to adam schiff on the piling up questions around flynn. >> that was a very healthy skepticism. we know from the filing thats were done by the white house on friday that general flynn failed to report the money that he received from that rt propaganda. the kremlin and two other russian entities. we also have requested the background security documents that general flynn filled out to find out whether he similarly failed to disclose work he was doing as a financial age...

Whistles, that people knew he was being tracked. so its not surprising that he got into the cia but that some people, even at that early stage, said, whoa, theres something in this guys personality that makes him a potential risk. >> we have looked at it -- we have looked at this issue of background security not just edward snowden, from 30,000 feet so to speak. look, i think if were able to do a good job on our background checks, if were able to make sure that the folks doing the investigations...

>> we requested the background security documents that general flynn filled out to find out if he similarly failed to disclose work he was doing as a financial agent of a foreign power or receiving financial support from a foreign power. reporter: that investigation has received a lot of criticism from both parties and sparked calls for the creation of an independent special commission to conduct the investigation. but on "fox news sunday" mitch mcconnell said at this point that would be a mista...

Immunity. president trump tweeted mike flynn should ask for immunity and a witch hunt. flynns lawyer says that general flynn has a story to tell, congressman. what would it take for the committee to give him immunity? >> well, i think we start out with a very healthy skepticism. we know from the filings that were done by the white house on friday that general flynn failed to report the money that he received from that rt propaganda of the kremlin as well as two other russian entities. we also ha...

>> good to be with you, jake. >> let me ask you about general flynn. he says -- his lawyer says he is relying to testify before your committee if he is given immu immunity. president trump tweeted mike flynn should ask for immunity and a witch hunt. flynns lawyer says that general flynn has a story to tell, congressman. what would it take for the committee to give him immunity? >> well, i think we start out with a very healthy skepticism. we know from the filings that were done by the white hous...