Retired Army general and former national security adviser Mike Flynn was explicitly warned not to accept payments from foreign sources without approval, according to new documents released by the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee on Thursday.

“These documents raise grave questions about why General Flynn concealed the payments he received from foreign sources after he was warned explicitly by the Pentagon,” Cummings said in a release.

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