Flynn invokes Fifth Amendment, decries "public frenzy" over Russia probe

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn invoked his Fifth Amendment rights on Monday, as his lawyers refused to honor a subpoena for documents from a U.S. Senate committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 elections, the first time that someone with close ties to President Trump has refused to cooperate in the course of this politically charged investigation.

"In these circumstances, General Flynn is entitled to, and does, invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against production of documents," wrote Flynn's lawyers in a letter to the Senate Intelligence Committee.

“He is the target on nearly a daily basis of outrageous allegations,

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