SUBPOENAS PILE UP FOR MICHAEL FLYNN’S DOCUMENTS

WASHINGTON Subpoenas for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn piled up Wednesday as the House intelligence committee pressured Flynn, pictured, to co-operate with its investigation into Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

The prospect of new congressional subpoenas came one day after the committee’s Senate counterpart served its own subpoenas to Flynn’s businesses.

The FBI also faced a deadline Wednesday to turn over memos written by former FBI director James Comey detailing his discussions with President Donald Trump. One memo reportedly shows Trump pressuring Comey to shut down the bureau’s investigation into Flynn’s Russia ties.

On Wednesday, Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the House intelligence committee’s top Democrat, told reporters that Flynn declined to turn over records to the committee, and he said it will be “following up with subpoenas,” likely this week.

In addition to the congressional scrutiny, Flynn is also currently a target of an FBI counter-intelligence investigation, a federal probe in Virginia and a Defence Department inspector-general’s inquiry into the propriety of foreign payments he accepted.

In a letter to the Senate committee on Monday, Flynn invoked his Fifth Amendment protection from self-incrimination in deflecting the panel’s subpoena for a wide array of documents