As Flynn falls under growing pressure over Russia contacts, Trump remains silent
By Philip Rucker, Adam Entous and Ed O'Keefe February 12 at 8:11 PM
White House national security adviser Michael Flynn is under increasing political pressure and risks losing the confidence of some colleagues following reports that he misled senior administration officials about his discussion of sanctions with a Russian envoy shortly before President Trump took office.
As White House aides scramble to get their stories straight about the exact nature of those communications and as Democrats call for Flynns security clearance to be suspended or revoked, neither Trump nor his advisers have publicly defended Flynn or stated unequivocally that he has the presidents confidence.
Privately, some administration officials said that Flynns position has weakened and support for him has eroded largely because of a belief that he was disingenuous about Russia and therefore could not be fully trusted going forward.
The knives are out for Flynn, said one administration official who, like others interviewed for this report, spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to speak candidly.
On Sunday, the top White House aide dispatched to represent the administration on the political talk shows pointedly declined to defend Flynn.
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get the red out
(13,468 posts)THAT will make people really wonder. And might show that Flynn was just following Trump's direction.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)That Trumpy kept him hired over the weekend, and even now, shows that Trumpy himself knew about Flynn's calls to Russia, AND he knew about Flynn's previous calls to the Ambassador that were in collusion with the Trumpy Campaign.