The White House says President Donald Trump was advised nearly three weeks ago that national security adviser Michael Flynn had misled his vice president about controversial pre-inauguration contacts with a top Russian diplomat.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer, speaking Tuesday, said the president and his close advisers had been “reviewing and evaluating” that information on a “daily basis for a few weeks” before Flynn was forced to resign late Monday.
Spicer also told reporters that Trump was “immediately” informed on January 26 of the pre-inauguration contact between Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Ahead of Trump’s January 20 inauguration, now-Vice President Mike Pence …read more
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