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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:58 PM Feb 2017

White House Official: Flynn Was Asked To Resign

Source: Talking Points Memo


by MATT SHUHAM Published FEBRUARY 14, 2017, 11:52 AM EDT

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was asked to resign, a White House official told TPM on Tuesday.

Flynn resigned less than a month into his tenure in the wake of reports that he discussed U.S. sanctions on Russia with the country's ambassador before President Donald Trump took office.

Earlier Tuesday, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said in an interview on NBCs Today" that Flynn resigned voluntarily. "The President is very loyal. Hes a very loyal person. And by nighttime, Mike Flynn had decided it was best to resign. He knew he became a lightning rod, and he made that decision," she said.

The New York Times [link:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/us/politics/donald-trump-national-security-adviser-michael-flynn.html?_r0reported] Monday night that Flynn had been asked to resign by President Donald Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/white-house-official-flynn-was-asked-to-resign

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White House Official: Flynn Was Asked To Resign (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2017 OP
They just can't stop lying! yallerdawg Feb 2017 #1
President Bannon fired him. TeamPooka Feb 2017 #2
Yes, we owe gratitude to Bannon (#45-A) for doing the job NCjack Feb 2017 #4
Flynn and SB were not getting along anyway. 2naSalit Feb 2017 #3

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
1. They just can't stop lying!
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:07 PM
Feb 2017

Nothing they say can be trusted until confirmed by multiple credible sources outside of the White House.

That is our reality now.

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