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Top Dems Say Flynn left Mideast Trip off Security Clearance

by Associated Press

   WASHINGTON --

   President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael
   Flynn, is facing new scrutiny over a June 2015 trip to the Middle East
   that he didn't report as part of his security clearance background
   check.
   Two Democratic lawmakers say in a letter released Wednesday that
   business associates of Flynn confirmed he went on the trip. Rep. Elijah
   Cummings of Maryland and Rep. Eliot Engel of New York also say
   documents they've gathered over the summer show Flynn also may have
   failed to disclose contacts he had with Israeli and Egyptian officials.
   The trip was part of a private proposal to build nuclear power plants
   across the Middle East. Flynn has previously faced scrutiny over
   foreign contacts he didn't report to the government. Robert Kelner, an
   attorney for Flynn, declined comment.