director, to end the bureau’s investigation into Mr. Flynn, a request some legal experts have said amounts to obstruction of justice. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Cummings’s letter indicates that Mr. Flynn misled Pentagon investigators during the clearance process, including during an in-person interview in February 2016. Mr. Flynn, a former three-star general, ran the Defense Intelligence Agency from mid-2012 until 2014. Fine, said his office had initiated an investigation into whether Mr. Flynn failed to properly report income from foreign governments. Mr. Flynn said in March that he would talk to congressional investigators in exchange for immunity from prosecution.

Source: New York Times May 22, 2017 18:56 UTC