Senate Republicans want to investigate Trump’s ties to Russia

The Senate’s second-ranking Republican joined other GOP lawmakers on Tuesday calling for an investigation into President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. The outcry comes after the resignation of national security adviser Michael Flynn late Monday over his conduct during and after phone calls last year with the Russian ambassador to the U.S.

John Cornyn, the Senate Majority Whip and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters that the House and Senate intelligence committees should conduct an investigation. Asked



by the Dallas Morning News whether Flynn should testify, Cornyn said, “That would certainly be an option

Flynn’s resignation came after reports that he’d misled Vice President Mike Pence and other Trump administration officials about the nature of his conversations with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak — specifically, whether they discussed sanctions imposed by the Obama administration in response to intelligence community reports that Russia attempted to influence the U.S. presidential election.