Friday, March 10, 2017

Flynn Attended Intel Briefings While Taking Money To Lobby for Turkey

Trump has business interests in Turkey.
Flynn is a retired general.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/flynn-attended-intel-briefings-while-taking-money-lobby-turkey-n732041

by Ken Dilanian
Mar. 10, 2017

Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was attending secret intelligence briefings with then-candidate Donald Trump while he was being paid more than half a million dollars to lobby on behalf of the Turkish government, federal records show.

Flynn stopped lobbying after he became national security advisor, but he then played a role in formulating policy toward Turkey, working for a president who has promised to curb the role of lobbyists in Washington.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer on Friday defended the Trump administration's handling of the matter, even as he acknowledged to reporters that the White House was aware of the potential that Flynn might need to register as a foreign agent.

When his firm was hired by a Turkish businessman last year, Flynn did not register as a foreign lobbyist, and only did so a few days ago under pressure from the Justice Department, the businessman told The Associated Press this week.

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During the summer and fall, Flynn, the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, was sitting in on classified intelligence briefings given to Trump.

Spicer acknowledged Friday that Flynn's lawyer called the Trump transition team inquiring about whether Flynn should amend his filing to register as a foreign agent.

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