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>> that assumes a lot of things that are not true. the president was informed of this. he asked the white house counsel to review the situation. we have to conclude if there was a legal issue. the white house counsel concluded there was not. as i state to my -- this was an act of trust. its whether he misled the vice president. that was ultimately what led to the president asking for and accepting the resignation of general flynn. thats it. pure and simple. it was a matter of trust. we bent thro...

President evaluated the trust aspect. >> the other thing we are watching, kate, in addition to the time line questions, in addition to who will be named the next national security adviser of course with keith kellogg in that role in an algt agenting status for now, what is the fallout going to be on the international stage after this? that is continuing we are continuing to report on along with a slew of other questions on what is again an extremely busy news day, kate. >> i have to ask you abou...

>> press secretary spicer: that assumes a lot of things that are not true. the president was informed of this, ask the white house counsel to review the situation. the first matter was whether there was a legal issue. we had to review whether there was a legal issue which the white house counsel concluded there was not. as i stated in my comments, this was an act of trust. whether or not he actually misled the vice president was the issue. that was ultimately what led to the president asking for...

>> thats not, that assumes a lot of things that are not true. the president was informed of this. he asked the white house counsel council to review the situation. the first matter whether there is a legal issue. we had to review whether there was a legal issue which the white house council concluded there was not. as i stated in my comments, this was an act of trust. whether or not he actually misled the vice president was the issue, and that was ul matly what led to the president asking for an...

Listening in on the ambassadors calls and had discovered that sanctions were discussed. justice officials believed russia could blackmail flynn by threatening to expose his lie. why would the president, if he was notified 17 days ago, that flynn has misled the vice president, other officials here, and that he was a potential threat to blackmail by the russians -- why would he be kept on for almost three weeks? >> well thats not -- thats -- assumes a lot of things that are not true. the president...