Flynn spoke to Kislyak in Dec 2016 about Russian sanctions.
Flynn resigned on February 13, 2017.
On Feb 14, 2017, Trump tried to get Comey to drop the investigation against Flynn.
On May 8, 2017, Sally Yates testified to the Senate about Flynn, the FBI and Russia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Flynn
Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, in May 8 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, said the FBI interviewed Flynn, on January 24, 2017. Based on the results of that interview, she made an "urgent" request to meet with McGahn.[102] She met with him on January 26 and again on January 27.[103] She informed McGahn that Flynn was "compromised" and possibly open to blackmail by the Russians. Yates told McGahn that Flynn had misled Pence and other administration officials about the nature of his conversation with the Russian ambassador.[104][91][105] She added that Flynn's "underlying conduct", which she could not describe due to classification, "was problematic in and of itself," saying "it was a whole lot more than one White House official lying to another."[103][102] Former United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates called the possibility of Flynn being blackmailed "kind of a stretch," while acknowledging that his false statement was "a problem ... that I would tell the president about."[106]
On January 22, 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported that Flynn was under investigation by U.S. counterintelligence agents for his communications with Russian officials.[107] On February 8, 2017, Flynn flatly denied having spoken to Kislyak in December 2016 about the sanctions placed on Russia by the Obama administration; however, the next day, U.S. intelligence officials shared an account indicating that such discussions did in fact take place.[108] Following this revelation, Flynn's spokesman released a statement that Flynn "indicated that while he had no recollection of discussing sanctions, he couldn't be certain that the topic never came up".[109]
Dismissal and investigation
Michael T. Flynn resignation letter
On February 13, 2017, Flynn resigned as National Security Advisor, following news reports about his communications with the Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak and additional reports that he had misled the Vice President about them.[110] Flynn's 24-day tenure as National Security Advisor was the shortest in the 63-year history of the office.[14] Those communications he had with the Russian ambassador were subsequently leaked to the press.[111]
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