Outgoing White House national security adviser Mike Flynn was reportedly interviewed by federal investigators about his phone call with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak shortly after President Trump’s inauguration.
Flynn resigned Monday amid the ongoing controversy over his decision to discuss Obama-era sanctions on Moscow with Kislyak before he was sworn into his senior position in the new administration. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday that Trump’s trust in Flynn had “eroded” since he first learned about the situation involving Kislyak.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that FBI officials had interviewed Flynn just days after Trump took office, though it remains unclear what the three-star general may have said while being questioned. Flynn, in conversations with Vice President Mike Pence, had said his phone call with Kislyak never involved a discussion of Russian sanctions.
However, Spicer told reporters that Trump ordered White House counsel Doug McGahn on Jan. 26 to investigate the situation involving Flynn. By Monday, the president had asked Flynn to resign.
“We’ve been reviewing and evaluating this issue with respect to General Flynn on a daily basis for a few weeks, trying to ascertain the truth,” Spicer said during his daily briefing.
FBI officials first picked up intercepts of Flynn’s call with Kislyak in late December, after which agency officials said they found no evidence of wrongdoing.
