Flynn will invoke the Fifth Amendment in response to Senate subpoena – MarketWatch

Former national security adviser General Michael Flynn

WASHINGTON -- Former national security adviser Mike Flynn will decline to cooperate with a Senate subpoena, invoking his constitutional right against self incrimination and setting off a legal showdown with Congress over a key witness in its investigation of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.

According to a source close to Flynn, he will tell the Senate Intelligence Committee later Monday that he wont comply with the panels request for documents, citing the Fifth Amendments protections against self incrimination. Flynn is willing to cooperate in exchange for some guarantee that he could avoid criminal prosecution, the source said.

The Senate Intelligence Committee issued the subpoena earlier this month.

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