The end of the banquet

Former US President Donald Trump for National Security, retired General Michael Flynn received almost 70 thousand dollars from three Russian companies. This is evidenced by the documents submitted by the Congressman-Democrat Elijah Cummings, the BBC reports .

Russia Today, the Volga-Dnepr air carrier and Kaspersky Laboratory paid Flynnu for public performances and lobbying services.

Flynn was paid for a speech at a banquet in Moscow on the occasion of the decade of RT. Flynn recognized this fact back in July, but did not report the amount of the amount and its specific source.

As follows from the documents submitted by Cummings, RT listed the lecture bureau Flynn LEADING AUTHORITIS, InC. (LAI) 45 386 dollars. This amount included the fee of Flynn ($ 33,750), a visa fee ($ 386) and 25 percent commission bureaus. In addition, the Russian television channel paid for Flynn and his son to fly to Moscow with a business class, three nights at the Metropol Hotel and an excursion Protamma.

On August 19, 2015, Flynn received $ 1,1250 from the Russian Volga-Dnepr airline for actions in support of the Russian application for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.

In October of the same year, Kaspersky Government Securuty Solutions, Inc., the American "daughters" of the Russian "Kaspersky laboratory" paid Flynn $ 11,250 for a performance in Washington on cybersecurity issues.

The US Constitution contains the so -called "remuneration point", which prohibits civil servants to accept "any gifts, remuneration, position or title of any king, prince or foreign state." Retired officers are included in this category, as they may be called up for military service. The concept of "foreign state" includes its bodies, which CIA recognized in 2012 by RT.

According to Cummings, Flynn "violated the Constitution, having adopted tens of thousands of dollars with an agent of the global enemy who attacked our democracy." The congressman calls to withdraw from Flynn these funds.

On March 11, The New York Times reported that Flynn led paid lobbying in favor of Turkey . As noted by the publication, Flynn signed a contract in the amount of 530 thousand dollars and registered as a lobbyist last year. He did not stop this work and being appointed presidential adviser to the post. However, he did not apply for registration as a foreign agent until March 7.

The official representative of the White House Sean Spicer said that Trump did not know about the work of Flynn in the interests of Turkey, s. At the same time, Spicer noted that Flynn's lobbying activity was his personal business regarding business. The decision on registration as a foreign agent depended only on him. In turn, US Vice President Michael Pence said that information about Flynn's lobbying activities confirms that his resignation was a right step.

February 13, Flynn resigned . It turned out that he misinformed the penalty regarding the details of his conversations with the Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak. Journalists found that in the conversations held in December 2016, even before the inauguration of Trump and Pence, issues of American sanctions against Russia were discussed. Flynn, not being an official at that time, did not have the right to affect this topic in a conversation with the Russian ambassador.

When information about the conversations ended up in the media, the American official initially denied that he had discussed the issues of sanctions with Kislyak. However, later a representative of Flynn said that the adviser "does not remember the discussion of sanctions, but cannot be sure that this topic has never been raised." Flynn later said that in conversations with the ambassador he "did not cross the line." "If this happened, the FBI would grab me by the throat, and my admission would be withdrawn. I did not pass any borders," Flynn said.