ocho bobama white house in the p to the briefing, they are figuring out what they will say to trump and his team, what they will say to trump himself and national security team and advisor, we have since learned that was a very intense time in the obama white house trying to handle this unprecedented situation. quote, on january 5th, fbi director james comey, john bennen and james clapper briefed president obama in a small group of his top white house advisors on the contents of a classified intelligence report showing that russia intervened in the 2016 election to help trump. quote, that's what whien white officials learned the fbi was investing the flynn kislyak calls. the relationship was highlighted. the burro, meaning the fbi made clear that there was an actual investigation underway. an actual investigation of flynn. that was reported last year in the washington post.