Nancy Pelosi: Michael Flynn Should Be Suspended
House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi called for Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to be suspended. Pelosi said in a statement, Flynn’s security clearance should also be revoked until officials can fully review his contacts with Russia’s ambassador.
“The President and his National Security Advisor have given the Russians the impression that whatever they do, they are not to worry, because the Trump White House will not stand against their aggression,” Pelosi said.
“General Flynn should be suspended and have his intelligence clearance revoked until the facts are known about his secret contacts with the Russians,” she said.
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Pelosi’s statement came after it was revealed that Michael Flynn had, in fact, had conversations with Russia’s ambassador about sanctions during the campaign and before Trump was sworn in. The Washington Post reported that Flynn’s conversations had been intercepted by counterintelligence officials.
Pelosi added, “President Trump’s kowtowing to Vladimir Putin is endangering our national security and emboldening a dangerous tyrant. What do the Russians have on President Trump that he would flirt with lifting sanctions and weakening NATO?”
Here is Nancy Pelosi’s full statement:
Pelosi Statement on Reports of New Confirmations of Trump-Russia Dossier
San Francisco — Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after it was reported that U.S. investigators have corroborated some of the communications detailed in the 35-page dossier describing Russia’s grip on President Trump:
“Once again, I am calling on the FBI to investigate the financial, political and personal ties between President Donald Trump and Russia. The American people deserve the truth.
“President Trump’s kowtowing to Vladimir Putin is endangering our national security and emboldening a dangerous tyrant. What do the Russians have on President Trump that he would flirt with lifting sanctions and weakening NATO?
“The President and his National Security Advisor have given the Russians the impression that whatever they do, they are not to worry, because the Trump White House will not stand against their aggression. General Flynn should be suspended and have his intelligence clearance revoked until the facts are known about his secret contacts with the Russians.
“Republicans should be just as alarmed as Democrats at the mortifying coziness the Trump Administration has shown with Putin. Congress must also launch an bipartisan, independent, outside commission to expose the full extent of Russia’s influence on the election and this Administration.”
