Ousted NSA adviser Flynn won’t honor Senate subpoena

Ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will not honor a subpoena issued by a Senate committee looking into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election, the panel’s chairman says.

Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina tells reporters that Flynn’s lawyer has informed the panel he will not abide by a subpoena for private documents.

The decision comes as no surprise, legal experts say, given that Flynn would be waiving his constitutional protection against self-incrimination by turning over personal documents to the committee. Flynn, though his lawyer, had earlier asked for immunity from “unfair prosecution” in exchange for agreeing to cooperate with the committee.

“We’ll figure out on Gen. Flynn what the next step if any is,” Burr says. The Senate committee is one of several on Capitol Hill investigating possible collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.

— AP