Records on Flynn ties sought

WASHINGTON - Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday in pressuring the Trump administration to surrender records of former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s payments and contacts with foreign officials during the past three years.

In a sign of deepening interest among congressional investigators, leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asked for materials on Flynn’s communications and payments from Russian, Turkish and other foreign sources since Flynn retired as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency in August 2014.

The request came as a Flynn spokesman said the retired general filled out all of his security clearance paperwork but did not sign a mandatory ethics pledge during his time as national security adviser.