Sen. Angus King Angus KingHopes for DC, Puerto Rico statehood rise Government watchdog recommends creation of White House cyber director position Democrats step up hardball tactics as Supreme Court fight heats up MORE (I-Maine) on Tuesday expressed confidence that former national security adviser Michael Flynn would speak publicly before the House Intelligence Committee.

During an interview on CNN, King was asked whether he has information regarding whether Flynn is cooperating with the FBI investigation into the Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election.

"I don't have any sense about it. He has volunteered to talk, on the condition, at least as of several weeks ago, he was looking for immunity," King said on CNN.

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"Whether that's still the case, I don't know. I think he's a very important person for us to talk to on a whole lot of levels, and eventually I'm sure he will appear before the committee one way or another."

King also explained the difference between the roles of the Senate and special counsel Robert Mueller's investigations into the Russian election meddling.

"Our committee's investigation is about the facts," he said.

The committee is looking into what the Russians did, how they did it and how the U.S. prevents it from happening again, he added.

"His examination is more in the nature of where their laws are broken," King said, referring to Mueller's probe. "So he's going to be looking in different areas than we are. But we want to be talking and communicating."

The comments come after a report Tuesday that CIA secrets were shared with Flynn despite concerns among senior officials that Flynn could be vulnerable to blackmail from Russians.

The New York Times on Tuesday reported that officials at the FBI, CIA and the Justice Department considered Flynn to be at risk of being blackmailed, but CIA Director Mike Pompeo continued to share sensitive information with him.