the charging documents against that just released russian spy showed that one of the americans, his spy ring try to recruit in new york to be a russian agent was trump campaign foreign policy adviser carter page. in addition to all that that we have known about v.e.b., one of the meetings with the russian official that jared kushner didn t disclose on his application for a security clearance was a meeting he had with the head of v.e.b. who was personally installed in that position by vladimir putin. so v.e.b., this russian bank, this putin-controlled bank, it was already on our radar in terms of unaccounted for meetings between the russian government and the trump government. this week as we learn more about the trump russia inclusion investigation landing on a person of interest who s
the top executive recently got out of prison in ohio. the charging documents against that just-released russian spy showed that one of the americans, his spy ring, try to recruit in new york to be a russian agent was trump campaign foreign policy adviser carter page. in addition to all that that we have known about veb, one of the meetings with the russian official that jared kushner didn t disclose on his application for a security clearance was a meeting he had with the head of veb who was personally installed in that position by vladimir putin. so veb, this russian bank, this putin-controlled bank, it was already on our radar in terms of unaccounted for meetings between the russian government and the trump government. this week as we learn more about
out of prison in ohio. the charging documents against that just released russian spy showed that one of the americans, his spy ring try to recruit in new york to be a russian agent was trump campaign foreign policy adviser carter page. in addition to all that that we have known about v.e.b., one of the meetings with the russian official that jared kushner didn t disclose on his application for a security clearance was a meeting he had with the head of v.e.b. who was personally installed in that position by vladimir putin. so v.e.b., this russian bank, this putin-controlled bank, it was already on our radar in terms of unaccounted for meetings between the russian government and the trump government. this week as we learn more about the trump russia inclusion investigation landing on a person of interest who s currently inside the white house at a senior level, this week we also got a new piece of
flynn under investigation from the defense department. he didn t get permission to travel to moscow was paid by the kremlin. allegedly didn t disclose that he was warned about accepting payments from foreign governments. do you think michael flynn broke the law? i agree with the chairman yesterday who said we haven t seen any evidence he complied with the law. to alert the viewers, the law is very clear, a retired military officer must get permission from the american government if he or she is to accept any foreign payments or payments from any foreign governments. that is a warning given to every military officer before they leave the service. michael flynn did receive that warning. there s no evidence he did comply with that law and now we know the army inspector general is inspecting these violations as the oversight committee is.
i m not sure i understand the security clearance process versus the vetting process here. what kind of documentation, what kind of process would you expect somebody like mike flynn to go through in terms of becoming national security adviser in the trump white house? first of all, there is a security clearance to make sure you have no conflicts of interest, no foreign entanglements. makes sure the government knows who you get your money from, who you associate regularly, whether you have relatives or other foreign contacts that you re constantly in touch with. because they have to make sure that you don t have a conflict of interest, that you re putting the united states first. you re going into government. you re going tyke an oath to the u.s. constitution to the u.s. government. the investigate process is actually more political, although there is an fbi component to make sure you don t have a problem with, i don t know, drunk drive organize a criminal record that you didn t disc