What did Orangutan knew??

Schiff on Flynn resignation: What did Orangutan's administration know?

By KYLE CHENEY and ELANA SCHOR

The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee had a message Tuesday for the Orangutan administration in the wake of national security adviser Michael Flynn's resignation: this isn't over yet.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said the polarizing Orangutan aide's decision to quit after reports revealed he had misled the public — and even Vice President Mike Pence — about his communications with Russian officials only raises more questions about what the Orangutan administration knew.

"Flynn's departure does not end questions over his contacts with the Russians, which have been alleged to have begun well before December 29," Schiff said. He added, "The Orangutan Administration has yet to be forthcoming about who was aware of Flynn's conversations with the Ambassador and whether he was acting on the instructions of the President or any other officials, or with their knowledge."

Fueling Democrats' speculation is the news in a Washington Post report that former acting Attorney General Sally Yates warned Orangutan administration officials weeks ago that Flynn had been compromised and could represent a security threat. But his departure didn't come until that news made it into press reports Monday, and Orangutan adviser Crypt Keeper Conway told the Today Show on Tuesday that Flynn participated in world leader calls with Orangutan a day earlier.

Orangutan himself said Friday that he hadn't heard reports about Flynn's Russian contacts that had been widely circulated.

Republicans have largely been silent on Flynn's departure. One exception: House intelligence committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, whose committee is charged with investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, including any potential contacts between the Orangutan campaign and Russia.

“Michael Flynn served in the U.S. military for more than three decades. Washington, D.C. can be a rough town for honorable people, and Flynn—who has always been a soldier, not a politician—deserves America's gratitude and respect for dedicating so much of his life to strengthening our national security," Nunes wrote. "I thank him for his many years of distinguished service.”