Pentagon probes Flynn

[struggle4progress]

By Jonathan Landay | WASHINGTON

... The new probe compounds the legal problems Flynn faces for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state-run Russia Today (RT) television network and a firm owned by a Turkish businessman after the former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) director retired as an Army lieutenant general in 2014.

Senior lawmakers said this week that Flynn likely broke the law by failing to request and receive permission to accept $45,000 to speak at a 2015 RT gala dinner at which he sat with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

If substantiated, such a failure would violate regulations rooted in the Constitution that bar current and retired military officers from accepting "emoluments" from foreign powers, the letter said ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn-idUSKBN17T26Q

[panader0]

1. Perhaps the Pentagon will have more power than the House Committee.

But I hadn't heard "hundreds of thousands of dollars". I thought it was only
the 45 grand from RT and some from Turkey. I sure hope all of this comes out
someday. It's not a can of worms, or even a bucket of worms, it's a 55
gallon barrel of worms. I seriously can't keep track of all the connections.

[DURHAM D]

4. He received a half million dollars from Turkey.

Also, it has been reported that the half million may have been laundered Russian money.

[Coventina]

2. Must.Resist.Dirty.Joke.

.....

[panader0]

3. That would be a helluva probe--The Washington Monument would be easier.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Ah, Mr. "Lock Her Up"

Karma in action.

[KelleyKramer]

6. Yep, and Mr. "only a guilty person seeks immunity"

You can't make this stuff up