Baier: ‘Dems Smell Blood in the Water’ After Flynn’s Resignation

Instead, Democrats largely agreed to handle the probe into Trump officials’ links to Russian Federation inside the Senate – specifically, through an already launched investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee. Soon after Flynn’s resignation he said it was a “negative signal” for relations between the United States and Russian Federation.

Other members of the St. Louis-area delegation in Congress are splitting along party lines, as well.

Flynn had been incorrect on both counts and with the senior-most officials in the administration, including Vice-President Mike Pence, who were fielded by the White House to defend the embattled NSA in interviews and interactions on all major television news networks. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), for one, would like to know why. Louis, called for an “independent, bipartisan investigation”. But later he said it “cannot fundamentally influence Russia-U.S. ties”. Trump confidante Lieutenant General Michael Flynn is out after being exposed for being less than truthful with the vice president and the Federal Bureau of Investigation about dodgy discussions he had with the Russian ambassador the day President Obama sanctioned Moscow for interfering in the election.

On Monday night, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn resigned after just 23 days in office.

Smith asked why there have been no indictments stemming from the year-long FBI investigation and why viewers shouldn’t see this as a “political smear campaign”. Flynn had earlier misled the Vice President on the topic of the conversation, according to media reports. He said President Trump was right to accept Flynn’s resignation.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian Federation would not be commenting on the resignation.

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In the wake of retired lieutenant general Mike Flynn’s resignation as White House national security adviser, Republicans on Capitol Hill are joining Democrats in calling for an investigation into his communications with Russian Federation.

As the controversy has rumbled on, a White House source has described the “borderline chaos” at the heart of Mr Trump’s administration.

The official also says that there are recordings as well as transcripts of the calls, and that the transcripts don’t suggest Flynn was acting under orders in his conversations.

“General Flynn’s resignation also raises further questions about the Trump administration’s intentions toward Vladimir Putin’s Russian Federation, including statements by the president suggesting moral equivalence between the United States and Russian Federation despite its invasion of Ukraine, annexation of Crimea, threats to our North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies, and attempted interference in American elections”, he said. Flynn has denied that he talked to the Russian ambassador about sanctions President Obama leveled back in December.

Some Democrats have called for open hearings.

Leonid Slutsky, who heads the Duma’s foreign affairs committee, said Flynn’s resignation was a “negative signal”.

“Depends on the circumstances”, Blunt said.

VOA News Writer Penny Dixon reported this story from Washington. “And there may be very good answers to that, but they probably wouldn’t be very good public answers”. “I expect for the Federal Bureau of Investigation to tell me what is going on, and they better have a good answer”, Nunes said.

Many observers expected that the events of the past week would be sure to bring about a change in US-Russian relations.