Report: Pence Didn't Know About Flynn's Sanctions Talk Until Days After Trump

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By MATT SHUHAM Published FEBRUARY 14, 2017, 5:45 PM EDT

Vice President Mike Pence was informed that Michael Flynn had misled him about the contents of a phone call with the Russian ambassador days after the President knew, NBC News reported Tuesday.

Then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates alerted the White House that Flynn may have discussed sanctions in a December phone call with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak on Jan. 26. But according to two unnamed sources cited by NBC, Pence did not know until Feb. 9. The Washington Post reported the same day, citing nine unnamed current and former officials, that Flynn’s call had included a discussion of sanctions.

Before the Justice Department alerted the White House of its suspicions about Flynn, Pence had defended the now-resigned national security adviser against charges of wrongdoing.

Eighteen days elapsed between the White House first hearing those suspicions on the 26th, and Flynn’s resignation Monday.

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[benld74]

1. Don't you believe it !!!

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Pence knew but GOP will lie till the cows come home to protect him

their agenda to completely annihilate the poor and middle class relies on him

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. BS - this is to save pences arse...he found out 11 days after the dumpster

and the dumpster found out end of January - I think the WH council will have something to say about this..his arse is on the line too!

they know trumpster is going down and are trying to save pences arse..BS to the whole WH - and they want to malign Muslims and immigrants for threats to our national security???

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Pence and Bullshit are the same.

If one is to believe that story,well I have some Beach Front Land for sale out in the Mohave.

[Solly Mack]

5. Yeah, I'm not buying it.

Pence got into bed with Trump knowing full well that Trump was already in bed with Putin.

And everyone knew that Flynn already enjoyed a close relationship with Putin even before election night.

And now Pence is supposed to be hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil?

[AgadorSparticus]

13. +1000!!!! Pence knew EXACTLY what he was getting into

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. All out effort by GOP to save one of their own. Don't fall for it. Purge Pence first. Then impeach.

[Lostnote]

12. YES.!!....Exactly...

[MontanaMama]

7. Pence has to go first.

45 goes no matter what. Get Pence out now. The KGOP are circling the wagons to make it look like he didn't know. I'm willing to bet rethugs are already writing off 45 in the hope of saving Pence. The rug needs to be pulled out from under that pipe dream.

[Liberalagogo]

8. Because NO ONE in this administration

EVER lies.

[keithbvadu2]

9. Then it sounds like Pence is owed an apology by Trump, not Flynn.

As if Pence would not lie anyway.

[WhiteTara]

10. They're trying to salvage one person so they can continue on.

He needs to go too.

[stuffmatters]

11. Anyone who watched that Sunday interview could tell Pence was lying.

I felt Pence has known all along. The MSM cannot let this Koch Puppet walk away from this scott free and ascend to the Presidency
as planned.

Either Pence lied or is willfully dumb. All throughout the campaign, with all Trump's public encouragement of Russian cybercrimes nefaria and propoganda, Pence never once called Trump out for collusion with the Russians or mentioned that he did not want to be part of a campaign that was exploiting and welcoming Russian cybercrimes against the opponent.

IMHO this went on a long time and Pence had plenty of time during the campaign and after to come clean. His innocence is only ALLEGED at this point, not proven. And the MSM is dangerously or just, as usual, lazily pushing the innocence of Pence in every story, treating him like the victim.