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After National Security Adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night, the reaction from Democrats was swift.

The ranking member of the House Permanent Subcommittee on Intelligence, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said in a statement that Flynn had always been a poor choice to be national security adviser -- its not a job, he wrote, for someone who plays fast and loose with the truth.

Schiff went on to urge further investigation into contacts between members of Donald Trumps presidential campaign and the Kremlin, and he said that the Trump administration has yet to be forthcoming about who was aware of Flynns conversations with the (Russian) ambassador and whether he was acting on the instructions of the President or any other officials.

Connecticut Rep. Chris Murphy also tweeted soon after the news of Flynns resignation broke.

Rep. John Conyers, Jr., D-Mich., the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md, Ranking Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a joint statement saying they were shocked and dismayed to learn that law enforcement officials had warned White House counsel Don McGahn that Flynn had given false information to the public about his communications with Russian officials, but the White House apparently did nothing about it -- neither to clarify the truth to the American public or to stop General Flynn from being an ongoing national security concern.

The two are demanding to know who had authority over Flynn and continued to let him have access to the countrys most sensitive national security information despite knowing these risks.

And Conyers and Cummings are also now calling for a full classified briefing by all the relevant agencies -- the Justice Department and the FBI.

Rep. Seth Moulton, of Massachusetts joked that Flynns departure could be the first thing the Trump administration has done that might actually improve our national security.

CBS News Walt Cronkite contributed to this report.

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