WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following press release:
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement:
"The Department of Justice's reported decision to pay out more than a million of the taxpayer's dollars to Michael Flynn is as outrageous as it is indefensible. This is someone who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials at a time when Russia was actively interfering in our democratic process, after being charged by the Department of Justice during President Trump's first term. For this Justice Department to now turn around and reward that behavior with a million-dollar settlement sends exactly the ...