Washington — The Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed documents from Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s fired national security adviser, in a sign the bipartisan probe will continue full speed ahead a day after Trump terminated FBI Director James Comey. Chairman Richard Burr, a Republican, and top Democrat Mark Warner announced they had issued the subpoena — a rare move for the panel — late on Wednesday, saying Flynn had refused to comply via his lawyer with an April 28 request for documents in the investigation of Russian interference in last year’s election. Flynn has previously sought immunity, a request backed by Trump in a tweet. That request has not been granted. "Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss), by media & Dems, of historic proportion!" Trump tweeted March 31. Flynn was fired for misleading Vice-President Mike Pence about the nature of his conversations with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, who was ...
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