Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181205:09:04:00
>> after donald trump won the election, president obama reportedly warned him not to hire flynn. flynn was, in fact, tapped, however, as national security adviser on november 17. on december 1, flynn and jared kushner met with the russian ambassador who later told moscow that kushner asked about setting up backchannel for communications between the trump team and the kremlin. later that month, flynn spoke with kislyak, the ambassador more than once, including after obama imposed sanctions on russia for election meddling. flynn was sworn in as national security adviser january 22nd of 2017. by ...