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Washington kislyak on a security clearance application. the justice department has now confirmed that. how concerning is that omission in your eyes? >> well, you know, i worry about this kind of tendency to forget about the meetings that individuals had with the russians and then later on recall those meetings. there seems to be a pattern here that involves everybody from flynn to other members that were in the trump campaign, and for that reason it concerns i think the american people that ther...

Special counsel as we had with rosenstein as acting attorney general and we should take advantage of that. >> reporter: and with the white house decision to reset its search for a new fbi director, former senator joe lieberman sent a letter to the president withdrawing his name from consideration. libberman stating a conflict of interest since hes brought on by the white house to represent president trump in the russia probe. >> we have your back. >> reporter: this as attorney general jeff sessi...

Already received pup subpoenas and the inquiry centering on flynn out of the u.s. attorneys office is a veteran espionage prosecutor brought in for that purpose from the national security division of the justice department. the inspector general is investigating claims from the pentagon that flynn concealed payments from the army. the oversight committee in the house appear to show that flynn concealed evidence of his foreign payments last year on his security clearance application as well. i me...

Prosecutor brought in for that purpose from the national security division of the justice department. the inspector general is investigating claims from the pentagon that flynn concealed payments from the army. the oversight committee in the house appear to show that flynn concealed evidence of his foreign payments last year on his security clearance application as well. i mean, just on that matter, mike flynn has [ inaudible ] and they continue to deny knowledge of those foreign payments to fly...

Investigations. the question of mike flynn and these foreign payments makes republicans faint. that makes the question of flynns foreign payments very interesting. it is extraordinary enough the national security advisor was fired. its extraordinary enough the national security advisor was fired for lying about his contacts with the foreign government. it is extraordinary enough he did not report his payments from foreign sources on his security clearance application. it is extraordinary enough ...

Issues in which he did not disclose some of these foreign payments as part of his 2015 security clearance application -- sorry, 2016 security clearance application -- that that could be a felony. that could be punishable for up to five years in prison, if, of course, he is found guilty of that, which his attorney so far has denied any wrongdoing. but new revelations here, specifically about him not getting permission from foreign governments, from the pentagon and from the state department for a...

This? tell me if theres a clear answer on this. when the white house was asked about this yesterday sean spicer said, because the white house of course did not deny the request from this house committee to send over documents related to flynns security clearance application. theres the background. spicer said when asked about it, its not the administrations responsibility to provide the documents. heres just one quote from the briefing. those are not documents the white house would ever possess ...

Clearance documentation from his time coming on board at the new trump administration, it should show whether or not he hid those things or whether he disclosed all of those things. and thats why congressman jason chaffetz and elijah cummings asked the white house for all such documentation about michael flynn. they asked for that last month. did he disclose those things? show us the paperwork. the most amazing thing that happened in this story today is that we got to see the white houses reply ...

Show us the parpwork. the most amazing thing that happened in this story today is that we got to see the white houses reply to their leer. and it tur out the white house is providing no documentation about mike flynn. not about his time advising the campaign. not about his security clearance application. not about his vetting to be national security adviser. not about his time as national security adviser. nothing. zero pieces of paper. this white house fired their national security adviser unde...

And unless the trump white house and trump transition were letting him in on classified information he was not legally allowed to see, the flynn vetting and flynn security clearance documentation from his time coming on board at the new trump administration, it should show whether or not he hid those things or whether he disclosed all of those things. and thats why congressman jason chaffetz and elijah cummings asked the white house for all such documentation about michael flynn. they asked for ...