Rep. Adam Schiff: White House Seems To Be Hiding Info About Michael Flynn | Andrea Mitchell

>>> HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LEADERS SAY THAT MICHAEL FLYNN,
THE FIRED NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, MAY HAVE BROKEN THE LAW
BY FAILING TO DISCLOSE FOREIGN PAYMENTS FROM TURKEY AND RUSSIA.
CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF IS THE TOP DEMOCRAT ON THE COMMITTEE
JOINING ME NO. WHAT DID MIKE FLYNN DO, WHAT DO
YOU SUSPECT HE DID? >> I THINK THERE ARE THREE LEGAL
QUESTIONS CONCERNING MIKE FLYNN, A COUPLE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN
RAISED BY THE GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE.
WAS HE LEGALLY ENTITLED OR ABLE TO RECEIVE THESE PAYMENTS FROM
THESE RUSSIAN ENTITIES IN THIS TURKISH ENTITY OR AS A GENERAL
OFFICER, WAS HE PROHIBITED FROM EVEN RECEIVE THING MONEY?
THERE'S A SECOND QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER HE FAILED TO REPORT THIS
MONEY ON HIS SECURITY FORMS WHEN HE WAS DOING HIS BACKGROUND
CHECK. AND FINALLY, AN ISSUE OF WHETHER
HE MADE FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT ANY OF HIS DEALINGS WITH THE
RUSSIANS. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE INTERESTED TO
KNOW WHETHER ANY PART OF THIS INVOLVED RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE
CAMPAIGN IN THE UNITED STATES, BOTH DURING AND AFTER THE
ELECTION. BUT THOSE I THINK ARE THE THREE
QUESTIONS SURROUNDING MR. FLYNN. >> POLITICO WAS REPORTING THAT
THE TURKISH ORGANIZATION, THE TURNISH PEOPLE WHO PAID HIM WERE
BACKED BY A RUSSIAN OLIGARCH. IS RUSSIA BEHIND THE TURKISH
DEAL, AS WELL? >> I DON'T KNOW.
NOW THAT WE KNOW HE RECEIVED $500,000 FROM TURKEY, IT
EXPLAINS SOMETHING THAT MYSTIFIED ME.
RIGHT AROUND THE ELECTION, MICHAEL FLYNN WROTE AN OP-ED
WHERE HE CALLED FOR THE UNITED STATES TO TURN OVER THIS TURKISH
CLERIC WHO LIVES IN THE UNITED STATES IN PENNSYLVANIA, TO THE
ERDOGAN REGIME. HE CALLED FOR THAT WITHOUT EVER
SEEING ANY EVIDENCE SUGGESTING THAT GULLEN WAS INVOLVED IN THE
COUP EFFORT. THAT TO ME WAS A BREATHTAKING
REQUEST FOR HIM TO MAKE. NOW WE KNOW HE WAS BEING PAID TO
PROPAGATE THIS OPINION. SO I FIND THAT VERY DEEPLY
DISTURBING. >> CONGRESSMAN, IS IT CREDIBLE
AS WAS INDICATED BY SEAN SPICER, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY
PAPERWORK ON MIKE FLYNN? >> WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM
THEIR RESPONSE THAT THEY DO HAVE PAPERWORK FOR MICHAEL FLYNN,
THAT THEY WEREN'T WILLING TO GIVE IT TO THE GOVERNMENT REFORM
COMMITTEE. THEY SHOULD PROVIDE IT.
WHAT'S MORE, THEY SHOULD PROVIDE THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
PART OF THE JUSTIFICATION THEY GAVE IS THE INFORMATION WAS
CLASSIFIED THAT. OBVIOUSLY IS NOT A BAR TO THEM
PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
I THINK IT WOULD ASSIST OUR EFFORTS, AND I HOPE THEY WILL
COMPLY. >> AND ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE
PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH SALLYUATES?
-- SALLY YATES? >> WE'VE INVITED HER AND
DIRECTORS BRENNAN AND CLAPPER TO TESTIFY IN AN OPEN SESSION IN
PUBLIC. SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF
LOOKING AT DATES FOR THAT, AS WELL AS TRYING TO COORDINATE OUR
ACTIONS WITH THE SENATE, WHICH IS ALSO HAS AN INTEREST FROM
HEARING AT LEAST SOME OF THESE WITNESSES.
WE PLAN TO GO FORWARD WITH OPEN HEARINGS, AND WE'RE IN THE
PROCESS OF TALKING TO WITNESSES HOW TO M MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
>> IN A WORD, ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT BETWEEN THE FBI AND YOUR
COMMITTEES YOU'RE MOVING QUICKLY ENOUGH?
>> WE'RE NEVER MOVING QUICKLY ENOUGH FROM MY POINT OF VIEW,
BUT WE ARE, I THINK, BACK ON TRACK, WHICH IS VERY POSITIVE.
HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH MY COUNTERPART, WHO IS VERY
SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING US ON A NON-PARTISAN FOOTING.
SO WE ARE SCHEDULING WITNESSES, NOT ONLY THE OPEN HEARINGS THAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE SCHEDULING
INDIVIDUAL WITNESSES, WITNESSES TO COME FORWARD TO BE DEPOSED BY
THE COMMITTEE. I WOULD FEEL FAR MORE
COMFORTABLE, THOUGH, IF IN ADDITION WE HAD A FULLY
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION THAT WAS STAFFED WELL ENOUGH, FOCUSED ON
THIS, COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM THE POLITICAL PROCESS.
THAT OUGHT TO BE NOT -- INSTEAD OF WHAT WE'RE DOING BUT IN

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