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Investigation. two top democrats demanding democrats now in a letter to flynns lawyers alleging that the filed national security adviser failed to disclose a 2015 middle east trip on security clearance forms, a trip reportedly related to a major nuclear energy deal involving russian. democrats alleging he left key information about a 2015 saudi arabia trip off of those forms. this is after a key member of the senate judiciary committee made this stunning statement about flynn on monday >> all of...

Michael flynn. hell throw everybody else under the bus, it seems. >> should white house have taken it that far and come out? >> i think its speculation. i truly do. it might be correct. >> lets also, on flynn, you mentioned the security clearance forms. this is some of the hot water. apparently theres another incident where he may not have been truthful while filling out these security cleans forms. this involves two trips to the middle east. he apparently failed to sclodise one of them. one he ...

Campaign foreign advisers, flynn, kushner, sessions, of none disclosure on security clearance forms. >> thats exactly right. we had this with jared kushner for his first security clearance form, did not list any of the meetings. he later under questioning from members of the media and others, he later supplied that information on the security clearance form. and also attorney general jeff sessions, he did not supply it. his initial explanation was that the fbi agent, or rather a retired fbi agen...

Investigation back home. to top democrats in the house demanding documents related to general michael flynns foreign work in a letter to flynns lawyers alleging that president trumps fired national security adviser failed to disclose a 2015 middle east trip on a security clearance forms, a trip reportedly related to a major nuclear energy deal involving russia. democrats also alleging he left key information about a 2015 saudi arabia trip off those forms. this after a key member of the senate ju...

Willfully did it, thats punishable for up to five years in prison. he failed to get permission from the defense department where he was paid by the russian state television. there are questions about whether he told the truth to the fbi, questions about why he omitted some of the information on the security clearance forms. so he is clearly in legal jeopardy and as you said his lawyer and in a rather dramatic statement said my client has a story to tell and sought immunity from the congressional...

Recollection. if in fact some meeting he did not recall is eventually discovered. i think he very much tried to close the door on that today. his opening statement was unequivocal. he said, i did not have any private meetings nor do i recall any special meetings at the mayflower motel. members of congress asked him more about these meetings. he kept leaning on the recollection word. but i do think he was emphatic here about trying to clear his name and clear up the notion that in fact he could h...

Intelligence committees questions about not only this meeting but another meeting he had with russian ambassador sergey kislyak that same month. it was kislyak who had suggested kushner meet with the russian banker. the fact that kushner didnt mention either of these meetings on his white house security clearance forms may also be a topic of inquiry. though he did rectify that quickly. theres also the concern that the russian bank has been under u.s. sanctions for the last three years. also, whe...

Russian president outside the usual diplomatic channels. >> i dont think its standard procedure prior to the inauguration of a president of the united states by someone who is not in an appointed position. >> reporter: jared kushner has offered to answer the senate intelligence committees questions about not only this meeting but another meeting he had with russian ambassador kislyak that same month. it was kislyak who had suggested kushner meet with the russian banker. the fact that kushner did...

Communication to moscow through a soviet spy working in the russian embassy here in washington. that relationship later proved crucial during the fearful days of the cuban missile crisis. it was bobby contact, in fact, who helped president kennedy make the deal that finally ended the standoff and averted nuclear war. the difference is that kushner was a private citizen with no government role. he reportedly did not consult with the sitting obama administration last fall, and further more, he omi...

The meeting that jared kushner and michael flynn had with ambassador kislyak and then later the meeting with the banker was done without the knowledge of donald trump. he was acting on his father-in-laws and the incumbent presidents -- >> do you think hell go the way of flynn and manafort? >> well, jared has a lot of explaining to do. like flynn, he failed to disclose these meetings on his security clearance forms. they also went to great lengths. remember kislyak must have been brought in to tr...