Your documents?

The US Senate Intelligence Committee sent the former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn the agenda with a request to submit the documents necessary to investigate the possible intervention of Russia in the US presidential election. It is reported by Reuters.

On April 28, the Committee turned to Flynn and other advisers to President Donald Trump with a request to voluntarily submit documents, the Republican Tomas Bar and Democrat Mark Warner said in a joint statement. However, the former adviser refused.

This is the first agenda directed by the defendants in the investigation. Failure to comply with the requirements of the agenda may be recognized as disrespect for Congress. According to the laws of the United States, this is punishable by a major fine or imprisonment.

On Monday, at the hearing in the Senate, the acting US Prosecutor General Sally Yates said that in January she warned the White House, that Flynn could be vulnerable to blackmail from Russia. On Tuesday, Warner said that the committee was going to take additional measures against those who did not voluntarily cooperate during the investigation.

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Warner and Barr invited Trump, dismissed by the FBI director of James Komi, to speak to the intelligence committee on May 16.

On Monday, Trump sent Komi a letter with a message about the resignation in it, the president said that the director of the FBI could not cope with his duties . “Although I am very grateful for the fact that three times you informed me under different circumstances that I am not under investigation, I still agree with the assessment of the Ministry of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau,” the document said.

Officials claimed that the dismissal of Komi is associated with his investigation on violation of the rules of secrecy by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who kept confidential official correspondence in personal, and not in the departmental account of emails. Komi blamed the way out of their authority and the publication of inaccurate information, which caused damage to Clinton's reputation.

However, many American politicians connected the resignation of Komi with the investigation of the Trump team relations with Russia. On Wednesday, The New York Times, citing a number of sources in Congress, reported that in the last days before dismissal, the FBI director demanded significant additional funds for this investigation.

“I think Komi was breathing in Trump and his team in the back of the head, and this (the resignation of Komi. - Ed.) - an attempt to slow down the investigation,” said Senator -Democrat Richard Dernbin.

Meanwhile, the press secretary of the Ministry of Justice Sarah Iskur Flores called the message that Komi requested additional funds, "completely wrong." From any additional explanations, the official refrained.

Flynn resigned on February 13, after it became known that he misinformed Vice President Mike Pence regarding the details of his conversations with the Russian ambassador to Washington Sergei Kislyak. The media found out that in December 2016, even before the inauguration of Trump and Pence, Flynn discussed American sanctions against Russia from Kislyaks.

On April 30, Trump called claims about the connections of his employees with Russia "completely false." At the same time, he accused the Clinton team of close contacts with Russia, which was his rival in the elections.