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Lawmakers: Former Trump aide Flynn may have broken US law

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two leaders of a House oversight panel say President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, appeared to violate federal law when he failed to seek permission or inform the U.S. government about accepting tens of thousands of dollars from Russian organizations. Those payments came after Flynn made a trip there in 2015, they said. The congressmen also raised new questions about fees Flynn received as part of $530,000 in consulting work his company performed for a businessman tied to Turkey's government. The bipartisan accusations that Flynn may have broken the law come as his foreign contacts are being examined by other congressional committees as part of investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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