President Trump Keeps Mum About Ousted Adviser Flynn |

President Donald Trump won't answer new questions about ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Trump ignored questions throughout the day Thursday on news that the Pentagon's acting inspector general has launched a probe of Flynn's work on behalf of foreign interests.

That includes work for RT, the state-supported Russian television network, and a company linked to Turkey's government.

Asked whether he regretted hiring Flynn, Trump dismissed journalists from the Oval Office by saying, "Thank you very much."

Trump previously praised Flynn as "a wonderful man" and at one point blamed the media for his decision to oust Flynn.

The White House has said Flynn was ousted for misleading the vice president about contact with the Russian ambassador.

Documents released by lawmakers show Flynn, was warned when he retired from the military in 2014 not to take foreign money without "advance approval" by Pentagon authorities.

Also, the Defense Department inspector general's office confirms in a separate document that it is investigating whether Flynn failed to obtain prior approval.

The chairman and senior Democrat on the House Oversight Committee say they want the Army to rule on whether Flynn informed and asked permission for the payments from Russian and Turkish entities.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer calls the inquiry into Flynn "appropriate." The Pentagon's acting inspector general has begun an inquiry into Flynn, the retired Army officer who was President Trump's first national security adviser.

Spicer says the administration welcomes the inquiry announced Thursday by Maryland Democratic congressman Elijah Cummings.

Spicer adds that Trump "made the right call at the right time, and it's clearly paid off" when he decided in February to fire Flynn from the sensitive national security post.

And Spicer says that Flynn's security clearance was handled by the Obama administration.