Top Intelligence Committee Democrat ‘not ready’ to consider Flynn’s immunity request – Washington Examiner

The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, said he and panel Chairman Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., are "not ready" to give former national security adviser Mike Flynn immunity from prosecution if he testifies.

Flynn has reportedly indicated he would testify in exchange for immunity. "But we are not ready to consider that," Warner said on John Catsimatidis radio show on Sunday out of New York, The Hill reported.

"We are not even publicly acknowledging that he contacted us," Warner said. "We just started reviewing the raw intelligence."

Flynn's lawyers said last week that he would be willing to testify if he was provided with immunity from prosecution. Flynn was fired from his job as national security adviser at the White House after it was found he had misled Vice President Mike Pence about his meeting with the Russian ambassador during the presidential transition period after the election.

Warner also said that the House Intelligence Committee's Republican Chairman Devin Nunes' behavior was "bizarre" at best. Nunes reviewed intelligence at the White House and then later returned to meet with President Trump about it.

"Obviously we should review these materials. It needs to be done in a secure location in the Congress," Warner said.

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