WATCH: Elijah Cummings Asks The Question We Are All Wondering Russia Scandal

Congressman Elijah Cummings just asked the question we’ve all been wondering about – Did Donald Trump instruct Michael Flynn to talk to Russia? And what did Donald Trump know and when did he know it?

We found out last week that Michael Flynn had, in fact, discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador – both before the election as well as before Trump was inaugurated. Flynn’s actions constitute a potential violation of the logan act.

 

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Here is the full text of the exchange:

STEPHANOPOULOS: “It also appears Mr. Miller didn’t want to take questions about General Flynn, who’s under criticism for those contacts with the Russian ambassador, perhaps misleading the vice president as well. Do you agree with the Democratic leader in the House, Nancy Pelosi, that his security clearance should be revoked, pending the completion of the investigation?”

CUMMINGS: “Yes, think that’s an appropriate action. But, George, there’s something else that needs to be asked. That is — did the president instruct General Flynn to talk to the ambassador? And did he know about it? If he knew about this conversation, when did he know it? That, to me, that is the key question. And we need to find out what that answer is.

“Now, keep in mind, that he really — that is General Flynn, put the vice president in a very awkward and a very sad position. To have him go out on national media and say that these were just some casual conversations that had nothing to do with the sanctions, and then for General Flynn to be walking that back, that’s not good enough. He is the National Security Adviser. He is supposed to be the one to make sure that these kinds of things don’t happen. And here he is, embroiled in all of this.

“So I think we’ve got — I think it’s going to be very interesting to see what happens over the next week. I would be very interested to know how the vice president feels after he was basically thrown under the bus?”