Amid mixed messaging from the Trump administration, House speaker Paul Ryan was the first major Washington official on Tuesday to announce that the president had asked former national security advisor Michael Flynn for his resignation. Ryan’s take, which contradicted White House counselor Kellyanne Conway and earlier reports citing administration officials who said Flynn stepped down of his own volition, was partly backed up by White House press secretary Sean Spicer during the afternoon.

“I think the administration will explain the circumstances that led to this. … I think it’s really important that as soon as they realized that they were being misled by the national security advisor, they asked for his resignation,” Ryan told reporters Tuesday morning. “I can’t speak to the rest of the circumstances. I think we need to get all of that information before we prejudge anything.”