Senate chairman: Flynn has not responded to subpoena

WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate intelligence committee said Thursday ousted national-security adviser Michael Flynn hasn't responded to a subpoena from the panel in its probe of Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina had to retract a statement made hours earlier that Flynn's lawyer had told the committee he would not comply with the subpoena.

Legal experts said it's unlikely Flynn would agree to turn over personal documents because he would be waiving his constitutional protection against self-incrimination by doing so. Flynn, through his lawyer, earlier had asked for immunity from "unfair prosecution" in exchange for agreeing to cooperate with the committee.

Flynn's attorney Robert Kelner did not respond to phone messages and emails seeking comment.

The Senate committee is one of several on Capitol Hill investigating possible collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. Flynn is also the target of other congressional investigations, as well as an ongoing FBI counterintelligence probe and a separate federal investigation in Virginia.

Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general, was fired from his position as Trump's national-security adviser in February. At the time, Trump said he fired Flynn because he misled senior administration officials, including the vice president, about his contacts with Russian officials.

The Senate committee issued the subpoena for Flynn's records May 10 after he declined to cooperate with an April 28 request for documents. That request was similar to ones received by other Trump associates, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, Trump associate Roger Stone and former Trump foreign-policy adviser Carter Page, a person familiar with the Senate investigation said.

That person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss confidential details of the committee's investigation.

Page and Stone shared copies of their request letters with The Associated Press. Those letters sought a wide array of electronic and paper records related to any contacts made between people affiliated with the Trump campaign and Russian officials and businesses.