They think you might do something about this, Jeff.

The Trump regime might have hoped removing Michael Flynn from the position of National Security Advisor would also take him out of the spotlight of investigations between Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, but every day seems to offer new revelations about just how blatant Flynn’s violations really were. It’s now clear that Flynn didn’t just take money from foreign governments, and didn’t just fail to report that money when he was under review for security clearance, he was told in advance not to take the funds and ignored that warning.

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was warned by the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014 against accepting foreign payments as he entered retirement, according to new documents obtained by the House oversight committee.

There was no doubt to begin with that Flynn should have been aware of the regulations that prevent recently retired military officers who held high levels of security clearance from running around the world to sell their insight into America’s strategy. But the new release demolishes any idea that he might have simply been ignorant of the law.

"These documents raise grave questions about why General Flynn concealed the payments he received from foreign sources after he was warned explicitly by the Pentagon," said Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee, in a statement. "Our next step is to get the documents we are seeking from the White House so we can complete our investigation. I thank the Department of Defense for providing us with unclassified versions of these documents."



Representative Cummings has also released a series of documents, including a letter from the DIA showing that claims from Flynn and his attorney that he followed proper procedures are simply a lie.