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House Dems: Michael Flynn May Have Lobbied For Nuclear Deal Inside White House

Retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn may have kept up contacts with the promoters of a vast Middle Eastern nuclear deal even as he was serving as national security adviser.
In this Feb. 1, 2017, photo, then - national security adviser Michael Flynn speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House. / Carolyn Kaster / Shutterstock.com

Story updated at 12:47 p.m. EDT.

Retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn may have lobbied on behalf of a vast foreign deal to build a fleet of nuclear reactors across the Middle East as he was serving as national security adviser, according to new documents out Wednesday.

Two top House Democrats raised the question about Flynn's use of his office in a letter they

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