President Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, did not sign an ethics pledge required of all administration appointees, The Daily Beast reported Wednesday.

The vow bars all federal appointees from lobbying their former colleagues for five years after leaving the administration and bans lobbying for a foreign government for life.

“Gen. Flynn never had the opportunity to sign Trump’s ethics pledge, but he plans to abide by its terms,” spokesman Price Floyd said of the retired Army lieutenant general.

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The fact that Flynn didn't sign the pledge removes legal hurdles preventing him from foreign agent lobbying and advocacy work involving former administration colleagues.

Reports emerged earlier this month Flynn was being paid to lobby for Turkey while attending top-level intelligence briefings during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

Flynn did not immediately register as a foreign agent after his firm, Flynn Intel Group, was hired by a Turkish businessman last year.

The Associated Press reported Flynn only submitted his foreign agent registration with the Department of Justice during the second week of March.

Flynn resigned in February amid reports he misled Vice President Pence and other administration officials about talks he had with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the transition.

Trump issued an executive order shortly after taking office including the pledge, which states appointees are only “contractually committed” to its terms “upon signing” the promise.