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Michael Flynn ran company that lobbied for foreign clients while he received intel briefings
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/politics/michael-flynn-donald-trump-national-security-advisor/Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump's preferred choice for National Security Adviser, was running a company that was lobbying on behalf of foreign clients even as he was receiving classified intelligence briefings during the campaign.
The revelation comes as the Trump camp has taken a series steps to curb the involvement of lobbyists in the presidential transition efforts.
Robert Kelley, a former chief counsel to the House National Security Subcommittee and current general counsel and principal at the Flynn Intel Group, filed a lobbying disclosure report with Congress on September 15.
According to the official document, Kelley was working on behalf of Inovo BV, a Dutch firm owned by Turkish businessman, Kamil Ekim Alptekin.
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