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It just does show the investigation is moving forward on several fronts. >> okay. let me switch and ask you about your other reporting on michael flynn, the former national security adviser and how youre learning that house democrats are saying he failed to disclose something else he did overseas. >> yeah. thats right. a mideast trip that he took back in 2015 as part of an effort for a major $100 billion project that would involve 16 new nuclear power plants with saudi arabia as well as the purc...

>> no. which certainly not only does it obviously raise -- ring alarm bells, it makes you think that he was intentionally trying to hide it. then the question is why. its not like he -- look, there are people in the trump world who have never filled out forms like that before. and im not saying that they have an excuse, but theyve never filled out forms like that before. michael flynn is not one of them. hes been in the united states government for some time. he understands whats right and wrong...

Aside. one source i spoke with said that one of the other lawyers blew up and said you cant do this. thats ridiculous and absurd and the matter was dropped. it was describe to me by either attorney as much morphoof a political issue than a legal issue. as we all know and you know this really well, there political divisions inside this white house. and many times jared kushner found himself on the opposite side of people like steve bannon. >> at issue and you have been reporting on this as well, ...

Did respond, saying he would not get into specifics about his teams communication with the special counsel and their discussions. except to say theyre fully complying with this investigation. the interesting part about this is that earlier in the spring, we heard from leaders within the house oversight committee who said that michael flynn may have broken the law by not revealing payments from foreign governments in his security disclosure forms, his security clearance forms. not only potentiall...

Didnt reveal these payments from foreign governments including turkey on his security clearance forms, another one of those payments very interestingly, fred, we learned was from rttv, the russian state news agency. so taking all of this into account it gives you a picture of where this investigation is headed when it comes to michael flynn. its important to remember this is just one strand in a very broad investigation, fred. >> and then theres this on election day, cnn has this exclusive repor...

Say theyre fully complying with this investigation. very important to point out, ana, back in the spring, if you recall, the house oversight committee leaders there indicated that michael flynn may have violated the law by not disclosing some of these foreign payments on his security clearance forms, not only from the turkish government but also potentially from rtt, the russian news network. this is one slice of an investigation that continues to broaden. and as you remember, ana, flynn was fir...

Interns because a source provided a copy of his notes to the publication "foreign policy." he failed to report more than 100 instances of travel and contacts with foreign officials on his security clearance forms which he had to update twice to include meetings with russian officials. kushner claims he didnt track the meetings because he didnt expect to get into politics. the days of tolerating b.s. in this white house are over, end quote. that from a source close to the trump white house. if ...

This is a waste of my time. get me out of here. give me a quick call. this is not useful to me and he left the meeting. >> im talking more broadly. when you look at his security clearance forms. those were submitted prematurely and a lot going on at the time talking about moving to the washington and putting his business in other hands. he had too much on his plate is essentially what hes saying. im asking you, is that a good enough excuse. is that what we should expecta o adviser to the preside...

You dont forget about those meetings. so when he omitted those on his security clearance forms, those are lies. he needs to be investigated and have those forms looked at again and his security clearance needs to be revoked immediately. ivanka trump also has security clearance. i think it would be prudent to review her filings as well. >> how about the new financial disclosures from the couple that came out late yesterday. are you satisfied with them? >> it is part of a pattern of nondisclosures...

Know, are memory failures or, i forgot, whatever, okay. you have to allow for that. but i do think the appropriate thing here is take a pause and at least suspend a clearance until youve had the opportunity to investigate and then decide whether the clearance should be restored or not. >> james clapper there, former director of national intelligence at the aspen security forum yesterday on jared kushners security clearance. joining me now, congressman ted lieu, california democrat. congressman w...