Michael Flynn Was Paid More Than $45K By Russia Propaganda Outlet, Congressman Says

Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was paid $45,00o to appear at a Russian gala by Kremlin-funded media outlet RT, according to documents released byRep. Elijah Cummings Thursday.

Cummings, a Maryland Democrat and member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter to the White House along with the documents inquiring into whether the payments were fully disclosed when Flynn was hired.

Flynn was fired less than month into the president's term after it was revealed that he misled the Vice President Pence about his communications with the Russian ambassador before the inauguration.

“I cannot recall any time in our nation’s history when the President selected as his National Security Advisor someone who violated the Constitution by accepting tens of thousands of dollars from an agent of a global adversary that attacked our democracy,” Cummings wrote. “I also cannot recall a time when the President and his top advisers seemed so disinterested in the truth about that individual’s work on behalf of foreign nations—whether due to willful ignorance or knowing indifference.”

Cummings suggests that the payments may have violated the Constitution's Emoluments Clause.

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