House Oversight Letter To VP Pence

December 18, 2017
The Honorable Mike Pence

Vice President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Vice President:
I am writing to request that you authorize the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to
produce documents relating to the security clearance application submitted by, or on behalf of,
Michael Flynn, Jr., the son of President Donald Trumps former National Security Advisor,
Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, under your leadership of the Presidential Transition Team.
On November 16, 2016, I sent a letter requesting that you, as the head of the Transition
Team, provide information about all individuals for whom the Transition Team requested
security clearances or to whom the Transition Team proposed giving classified information. 1
Two days later, I wrote to you again, expressing my concerns about General Flynns apparent
conflicts of interests, and noting that Flynn Intel Groupand General Flynn himselfappeared
to have conducted work on behalf of foreign governments. 2 Your staff acknowledged receipt of
both of my letters, but you never provided a response to either.
On November 16, 2017, I wrote to the Director of the FBI to request all documents in the
possession or control of the FBI relating to the foreign contacts sections of Michael Flynn,
Jr.s security clearance application. 3 As you know, this is the section of the application in which
applicants must disclose their foreign contacts and payments, and the section on which General
Flynn omitted multiple entries.
1
Letter from Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings, House Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform, to Vice President-Elect Mike Pence (Nov. 16, 2016) (online at https://democrats-
oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/documents/2016-11-16.EEC%20to%20Pence_0.pdf).
2
Reform, to Vice President-Elect Mike Pence (Nov. 18, 2016) (online at https://democrats-
oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/documents/2016-11-18.EEC%20to%20Pence.pdf).
3
Reform, to Director Christopher Wray, Federal Bureau of Investigation (Nov. 16, 2017) (online at https://democrats-
oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2017-11-
15.EEC%20to%20FBI%20Director%20Wray%20Re.%20Flynn.pdf).
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On December 5, 2017, the FBI responded to my request in a letter that appears to

acknowledge that it is in possession of a background investigation application from Michael
Flynn, Jr., but that [a]ny decision to release materials relating to this inquiry would be made
in consultation with the relevant agency(ies). 4
Since Michael Flynn, Jr. participated only during the transition, and was never hired by
the White House, I am now writing to request that youin your capacity as head of the
Transition Teamauthorize the FBI to release the materials I requested, including:
1. information provided by Michael Flynn, Jr. in response to all questions in

Sections 19, 20A, 20B, and 20C of any security clearance applications he
submitted over the past ten years;
2. all investigative and adjudicative files concerning or relating to Guideline B

(Foreign Influence) or Guideline C (Foreign Preference) associated with
Michael Flynn, Jr.s security clearance;
3. all documents and information provided by Michael Flynn, Jr. and his associates
relating to Michael Flynn, Jr.s contacts with foreign nationals; and
4. all documents and information provided by Michael Flynn, Jr. and his associates
relating to Michael Flynn, Jr.s receipt of funds from any foreign source.
Finally, as I made clear in my initial letter to the FBI, I am not requesting any
investigative documents the FBI may have created as part of any criminal investigation being
conducted by the Department of Justice or the Special Counsel. Instead, I am seeking only those
original source documents that the FBI processed as part of its role in the normal conduct of
background checks and adjudicatory functions for security clearance applicants, over which the
Oversight Committee has jurisdiction.
Since there has been some question in the past about whether you personally have
received my letters, I would appreciate the courtesy of a reply. I request that you authorize the
FBIs release of the documents requested above by December 22, 2017. If you believe the
decision to authorize the FBI to produce this information should be made by someone else, I
request that you please inform me who that individual is.
4
Letter from Office of Congressional Affairs, Federal Bureau of Investigation, to Ranking Member Elijah
E. Cummings, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Dec. 5, 2017) (online at https://democrats-
oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/documents/FBI%20to%20EEC%2012-05-17.pdf).
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Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Elijah E. Cummings
Ranking Member
cc: The Honorable Trey Gowdy

Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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December 18, 2017

The Honorable Mike Pence

Dear Mr. Vice President:

On December 5, 2017, the FBI responded to my request in a letter that appears to

1. information provided by Michael Flynn, Jr. in response to all questions in

2. all investigative and adjudicative files concerning or relating to Guideline B

Thank you for your consideration of this request.

cc: The Honorable Trey Gowdy

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