Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170214:18:32:00
>> that's 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 and accepting the resignation of generalflynn. that's it, pure and simple. it was a matter of trust. ...