Warner says he wants to hear from Flynn as part of Russia probe

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Sunday said he wants to hear from former national security advisor Michael Flynn as part of the probe into Russia’s potential ties to Trump campaign officials.

“I want to hear from General Flynn,” Warner told CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

Flynn resigned from his post in the White House last month following a report that he misled Vice President Mike Pence regarding a conversation he had with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak. 

{mosads}Warner, who serves as the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, also emphasized the seriousness of President Trump’s recent accusation that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. Warner called Trump’s claims “very reckless,” but emphasized that the committee will work to get to the bottom of the accusations.

Obama through a spokesperson denied that he ordered any wiretapping of Trump Tower.

“A cardinal rule of the Obama Administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice,” Kevin Lewis said in a statement.

“As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen,” Lewis added. “Any suggestion otherwise is simply false.”

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who also sits on the intelligence committee with Warner, called for an investigation into the accusations during her own appearance on the Sunday show.

“What we need to deal with is evidence, not statements. At this point, I’ve seen no evidence of what he alleges,” Collins said of the president’s wiretapping claims.