Trump Fires National Security Advisor Michael Flynn For Lying To Mike Pence
Channel: Millennial Monitor
Date: 2017-02-15

Trump’s embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn has been removed from the White House following intense scrutiny of his conversations with Russia's ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislya.

Michael Flynn submitted a resignation letter, He said he "inadvertently" briefed  top officials with incomplete information regarding his call with the Russian ambassador because he was so busy preparing for the Trump Administration transition to goverment.. 

"I have sincerely apologized to the president and the vice president, and they have accepted my apology," the letter read.

Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan says in his Tuesday press conference. “I’m not going to prejudge the circumstances surrounding this, I think the administration will explain the circumstances that led to this,” 

Speaker Ryan is not interested in an independent investigation into Michael Flynn's Russian ties,: “The Intelligence Committee has been looking into this thing all along, by the way, just involvement with respect to Russia.”

The Los Angeles Times says:  "Flynn’s resignation late Monday only served to ramp up questions about Russia’s influence on Trump and his administration, particularly given the White House’s refusal to act on mounting evidence that Flynn had misled officials about conversations with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. "

Trump named Lt. Gen Joseph Keith Kellogg, Jr., as  acting national security adviser. 

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February 15, 2017