In a remarkable interview, Kellyanne Conways spin about Mike Flynn crashes and burns

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Facts and reality: 1. Trump administration: 0.

By Greg Sargent February 14 at 10:04 AM

Michael Flynn resigned as Donald Trump’s national security adviser late Monday, after The Post reported that the Justice Department had privately warned White House officials weeks ago that Flynn had badly mischaracterized his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States.

Flynn had told Vice President Pence that he never discussed sanctions against Russia with the ambassador, which the Obama administration instituted in response to charges of Russian meddling in the election. But the FBI had established that this was false, and acting Attorney General Sally Yates warned senior White House officials in late January that this made Flynn vulnerable to Russian blackmail.

Yet Flynn remained in his post for weeks after that, and the White House publicly stood by Flynn’s account. In a remarkable interview on NBC Tuesday morning, senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway tried to spin her way out of this basic set of facts, but could not do so, because the facts would not yield:

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NBC’s Matt Lauer pressed Conway again and again on one crucial point: Why did Flynn get pushed out (or “resign”) only now, when it was known weeks ago, thanks to the warnings from the Justice Department, that he had misled Pence about what he had discussed with the Russian ambassador?

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1. And Matt Lauer, right? She was really off her game. Normally the lies

fly out of her mouth faster than shit through a goose, but today she was not smooth at all. She looked tired. Maybe all those lies are getting to her. She looks like she's aged 20 years in 20 days. I guess that's what being a paid liar does to you.