Breitbart and rightwing media focus on leaks in wake of Flynn resignation

Kellyanne Conway in yet another rough interview. USA officials have launched an investigation to see whether Flynn received any payment from the Russian government in exchange for the appearance – a transaction that could have violated the Logan Act, which requires prior approval for such payments from Congress. When Trump said, “I don’t know about that”, he simply meant he didn’t know about the Washington Post report specifically, Spicer claimed.

But here is the thing: Everyone in this administration, including President Pee-Pee, is vulnerable to being blackmailed by the Russians because this isn’t even real life anymore, it’s a bad episode of House of Cards and the actors in this drama are a lot less appealing. It wasn’t until Friday after “The Washington post” broke the story Flynn had discussed sanctions that Flynn changed his story, and apologized to the vice president for misleading him.

In his resignation letter, Flynn wrote that he “inadvertently briefed [Pence] and others with incomplete information”.

Leading Democrats demanded a special investigation into possible links between the administration and Russian Federation, including whether Mr Trump had any knowledge of the discussions Mr Flynn had on United States sanctions with the Kremlin’s ambassador in Washington.

But asked if he supported calls for Flynn to appear before the Senate Intelligence committee, he said an investigation in both the Senate and House “would be the appropriate way to proceed”.

Flynn resigned late Monday night, following reports that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his contacts with Russian Federation.

There were suggestions last night that Mr Flynn could face prosecution, amid reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewed him during his first few days as national security adviser.

Flynn had misled senior administration officials about the nature of his communications with the Russian ambassador. The White House is arguing that it took Trump more than two weeks to determine that this represented a major breach of trust and national security, at which point Trump fired Flynn.

The White House official, pushing back against the idea that Flynn spoke about sanctions, raised questions about the uproar surrounding Flynn and poked holes in the criticism coming from the general’s detractors.

December 30: Russian President Vladimir Putin says he won’t retaliate against the US for the sanctions, surprising Obama administration officials. It had already denied he discussed sanctions with any official.

On Tuesday morning, Flores explained to National Public Radio he thought Flynn’s actions were “inappropriate”. “Either Trump hasn’t found the necessary independence and he’s been driven into a corner… or russophobia has permeated the new administration from top to bottom”.

Kosachev’s counterpart at the lower chamber of the Russian parliament, Alexei Pushkov, tweeted shortly after the announcement that “it was not Flynn who was targeted but relations with Russia”.

The embattled Michael Flynn resigned on Monday night, amid controversy about his contacts with Russian officials. He said the White House counsel undertook an “exhaustive review” and determined that Flynn hadn’t violated any laws, but he still weighed whether Flynn could remain effective.