New Report Confirms That Trump Didn’t Vet Michael Flynn For Top National Security Post

Another shoe just dropped in the Michael Flynn scandal. 

According to a new report by NBC News, the Trump team failed to properly vet Michael Flynn for the position of national security adviser. The report notes that when Flynn came in as the new national security adviser he was supposed to receive a new security clearance through the CIA. However, that never happened.

The CIA is the agency that vets national security appointments. According to NBC News, the CIA clearance required for Flynn was never granted.

According to NBC News, “It’s true that Flynn got his top level security clearance renewed in January 2016, but what Trump didn’t mention is that Flynn should have received a far more thorough vetting in advance of his becoming national security adviser, a job that allows access to the nation’s most closely-held secrets.”