fires sally yates for not defending his travel ban. february 13th, flynn resigns. on february 14th, in another oval office meeting, trump tells comey, hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. flynn go. a good guy. hope you can let this go. comey was asked about this during his testimony before the senate intelligence committee. >> this is the president speaking. i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. now those are his word. correct? >> correct. the reason i keep saying his word is, i took it as the a, a directi direction. the president of the united states with me alone saying i hope this. i took it as this its what he wants me to do. i didn't obey. that's the way i take it. >> through out the relationship. president trump defended former national security adviser. >> mike flynn is a fine person.