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Resistance. all this as sources tell cnn that former acting general attorney sally yates will testify next week that she forcefully warned the trump white house in january that then national security advisor michael flynn lied about discussing sanctions with a russian ambassador, directly contradicting the white house s version of events. they wanted to give, quote, a head s up to us on some comments that may have seemed in conflict with what he had sent the vice president out in particular. yates testimony likely to raise further questions about why it took the administration nearly three weeks to fire flynn, a decision that was ultimately made on the same day the story was reported in the washington post. not to be ignored, that other russia headline this morning, the phone call between president trump and russian president s d vladimir putin. they talked about syria as well ....
You know, i think that he s one of the guys that pushed for flynn to be nsa in the first place. and i think he also absolutely knew. so i don t think that there is any way that he can really deny this because he d have to be a straight up idiot to not realize that he s registered as a foreign agent or the staff would have to be totally incompetent for him to be able to not be aware of the situation that arose. and, sara, you do have the sense of presenting mike you know, presenting mike pence as mr. clean, the guy who didn t know anything, the guy who they had to fire flynn because he lied to mike pence, that mike pence was lied to and ill-treated by flynn. but is that a viable story line going forward? he was on meet the press this morning and he didn t get asked about russia. he winds up being the clean guy of the administration. but does that idea that he is mr. clean in your view hold up? no, it doesn t hold up at all. you can go all the way back to ....
Patch of podesta e-mails. the release of john podesta s e-mails would continue on a daily basis up until the election. on election day, donald trump wins. donald trump appoints one of his high profile surrogates michael flynn to be his national security advisor. michael flynn has been paid by the kremlin s propaganda outfit rt in the past. in december, michael flynn has a secret conversation with am bat ambassador kislyak. michael flynn lies about the conversation. the vice president assures the country that no such conversation ever happened. the president is informed that flynn has lied and pence misled the country. the president does nothing. two weeks later, the press reveals that flynn has lied and the president is forced to fire ....
Agent with lobbying ties to turkey. joining me now is cnn correspondent jessica snyder. jessica, it appears the white house continues to distance itself from general flynn. just hours after vice-president mike pence said that the president made the right decision to fire flynn, what more can you tell us? yeah, the white house, jim, taking a hands off approach here. in fact, spokesman sean spicer specifically stating this afternoon the president didn t know general michael flynn as the head of his company was acting as a foreign agent, but a source does tell me that white house counsel did know both before the inauguration and right when he was named national security advisor. in fact, democrat elijah cummings on the house oversight committee sent a letter to vp pence on november 18 after the election raising issues of conflicts of interest even though pence now saying he was just made aware this week. of course, the potential problem here is that members of flynn s consulting company ....
President and caused the vice president to mislead the country. that s a serious business. that s not mccarthyism, in my view, to call him out on it and to call out the president. the president of the united states knew that and through that the entire country and what concerns me even more is that the esident was okay with that, he was okay wit the president bng misled until it became public and he was forced to fire flynn. that shows the president s willingness to tolerate dishonestly. i don t consider that mccarthyism in any way, shape or form. in my view, it s quite the opposite. congressman adam schiff, thanks for joining me. thank you. just moments ago, we caught up with richard burr and asked him about his coordination with the white house ahead of the ....