Flynn ‘worked on reactors plan at White House’

MIKE FLYNN, who was fired as Donald Trump’s national security adviser in February, has been accused of promoting a Us-russian commercial project to build dozens of nuclear reactors in the Middle East while he worked at the White House.

Mr Flynn is a key figure in the investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russian officials seeking to influence last year’s election.

The latest allegations, published by The Wall Street Journal, add to the sense of scandal hanging over the White House. Opposition politicians asked for the companies involved to reveal all their correspondence with Mr Flynn, a retired US army general, during his time working for Mr Trump.

Elijah Cummings and Eliot Engel, both Democratic members of the House of Representatives, said in a letter published yesterday: “The American people deserve to know whether General Flynn was secretly promoting the private interests of these businesses while he was a campaign adviser, transition official, or President Trump’s national security adviser.”

Robert Kelner, Mr Flynn’s lawyer, declined to comment. The project involves building 40 nuclear reactors across the Middle East.

A promotional slide of the project said security would be provided by Rosoboron, a Russian state-owned arms exporter that is under American sanctions. The Wall Street Journal reported that White House disclosure forms showed Mr Flynn advised US companies providing security for the project until December 2016. However, former national security staffers said Mr Flynn continued to discuss the plan and meet with companies involved even after he joined the administration.