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Senate and House panels are investigating Russian interference in the 2016 elections, and Flynn's lawyer says his client "certainly has a story to tell" in a "politicized witch hunt environment."

The tweets come after the AG said he won't take part in probes of links between the campaign and Russian officials. Sessions spoke with the ambassador but testified at a Senate hearing that he hadn't.

The Silver Star recipient is a three-star Army general known as a military intellectual. The president called him "a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience."

Investigators are still determining a motive behind the calls. The communications were swept up as U.S. agencies targeted known Russian operatives.

This comes after days of speculation about whether he misled the vice president-elect about talks with the Russian ambassador. Flynn allegedly discussed U.S. sanctions before Trump was inaugurated.

Critics have long raised concerns about Gen. Michael Flynn's relationship with Moscow. The nominee for national security adviser was in regular contact in December with Russia's ambassador to the U.S.