referring or relating to him rooepg funds. the dia did not locate records of him seeking permission or approval for the receipt of money. and we have no evidence, still ch that he obtained permission to accept any foreign government payments as required by law. reporter: the inspector general of the department of defense has launched an investigation. in a statement, the inspector general s office says the probe will cover if lieutenant general flynn accepted payments in violation of the molments clause implement kg laws or department of defense regulations. i m going to be provocative here. reporter: he was paid $33,750 for his appearance in moscow. michael flynn. reporter: flynn ak nojds accepting payment but denied the
we have no evidence, zilch that he obtained permission from the secretary of the army and the secretary of state to accept any foreign government payments as required by law. reporter: new documents show the pentagon warned retired general michael flynn in 2014 about accepting foreign payments, suggesting he failed to get permission to travel to moscow. thank you so much for inviting me and having me here. reporter: where he was paid tens of thousands of dollars in 2015 by the kremlin-backed news station rt where he also dined with verplank. now the defense department s inspector general announcing its own investigation into whether flynn broke the law. this after flynn also allegedly failed to disclose foreign payments on his security clearance forms, a potential felony. do you believe he may have broken the law? i don t know whether he did or did not. that s why we have an investigation. reporter: but the house oversight committee s investigation breaking down
money or a document saying that he received it. it also says this, and i quote. dia did not locate any records of lieutenant general flynn seeking permission or approval for the receipt of money from a foreign source, end of quote. general flynn s attorney says he discussed his trip to moscow with the dia but we have no evidence, not a shred, that he disclosed his payments, his payments, which is what this clause is all about, from the kremlin-backed propaganda outlet and we have no evidence, zilch, that he obtained permission from the secretary of the army and secretary of state to accept any foreign government payments as required by law. third and finally today i m releasing a letter we received from the inspector general of the department of defense announcing that they, too, are
for lying. so the president fired him for lying about a communications with the russian ambassador. they should be bending over backwards to help us. it does not make any sense and it makes the american people think the white house has something to hide. there is obviously a paper trail, ladies and gentlemen, there is a paper trail that the white house does not want our committee to follow. but let it be known that we will follow it. we will follow it with everything we ve got. and with that i m very pleased to introduce senator richard blumenthal. bill: here is what s going on. apparently the pentagon has new documents that warned general michael flynn three years ago not to accept foreign government payments and now you hear the democrat there talking about his demand for more information and paperwork on behalf of the white house. we ll follow it and see what the white house says later
watch it all in the framework of the 100 days concept. they ve down played it but we saw the white house is laying out accomplishments and we ll have the rally on saturday night. i ll see you in washington it will be a busy weekend. we have rex tillerson on special report tonight going over the 100 days from the state department s point of view and a lot of questions about north korea. shannon: don t miss that interview at 6:00 p.m. tonight special report. we ll see you there. bill: watching the hearing on the hill. as we watch we re getting reports from the associated press regarding the ousted general michael flynn. he was warned according to army documents 2014 not to accept foreign government payments. now, this all goes to a speech and appearance he made in moscow that either was or was not disclosed upon his return to washington, d.c. and the united states. this is being debated. talked about in this hearing.