Spicer: Trump Did Not Instruct Flynn To Talk About Sanctions With Russia

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By MATT SHUHAM Published FEBRUARY 14, 2017, 1:56 PM EDT

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that President Donald Trump had not instructed former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to discuss sanctions on the phone with the Russian ambassador to the United States before the President's inauguration.

Flynn resigned Monday night, days after the Washington Post reported on his call with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Hours before Flynn’s resignation, the Post reported that the then-acting attorney general had informed the White House that Flynn could be at risk of Russian blackmail.

“No, absolutely not. No, no, no – no,” Spicer said at a press briefing Tuesday when asked if Trump had instructed Flynn to discuss sanctions with Kislyak.

Spicer said that Trump “had no problem” with the content of Flynn's call, merely that his administration had been misled about it by Flynn.

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[manicraven]

1. Simply put, the trump administration has ZERO credibility.

[Shell_Seas]

2. Does anyone believe anything that Spicer says at this point?

[elmac]

3. Taking the chris christie defense

from bridgegate to putingate

[radical noodle]

4. Of course not...

He didn't instruct him, they just worked on it together.

[Orrex]

5. Golly! I sure do believe him!

[No Vested Interest]

6. The buck stops at the Top. 45 hired him.

If 45 didn't know what kind of person Flynn was, 45 should have known before putting Flynn in that position.

[riversedge]

8. Trump knew Flynn was sleazy--that is why he hired him.

[riversedge]

7. Keep repeating. The reason Trump fired Flynn was because the information was made public!

[Turbineguy]

9. Thanks. I was waiting for that.

Now we can be certain that he was acting for Trump.

If Spicer had said Trump told Flynn to do it, there would be room for doubt.

[SeattleVet]

10. "Well, then, what DID he instruct him to talk about?"

Talky-Spice made one specific denial about one single detail of the call. We need to look at the broader picture - he never said that the call itself wasn't sanctioned, and he needs to have his feet held to the fire to get any actual information out of him.

[leftynyc]

11. Thrown under the bus

Now is the time people are going to realize that degenerate donnie only looks after himself.

[Cryptoad]

12. Is Flynn willing to go to jail to protect the POTUS?