named michael flynn as his national security adviser. you remember that. that s november 18th. on december 29th, 2016, flynn spoke with the russian ambassador after the obama administration unveiled sanctions against russia for election hacking. december 29th. december 30th, vladimir putin announced he wouldn t retaliate. president-elect trump then praised vladimir putin in a tweet. couple weeks later, january the 13th, sean spicer was then the white house press secretary, says, flynn did not discuss sanctions with the russian ambassad ambassador. this is important. on january 15th, two days later, vice president pence, vice president elect pence, said flynn told him sanctions were not discussed with sergey kislyak, the russian ambassador. february 10th, the trump administration is in office, donald trump denies hearing reports of flynn s discussions with russia about sanctions.
himself, they can pull the agreement and charge him for a lot of things. so they didn t touch any positive role his son might have had. that s right. in his statement he said he did this. i m surrounded by lawyers, i only play one on television, he lied, by his own admission, about contacts with russia on sanctions. these contacts were initially before he went into the white house talking about what happened on december 22nd and december 29th, 2016 before the inauguration. what would be his motive to lie
pence all about it. now, mr. comey, do you think mr. flynn s failure to disclose the communication contact he had with the russian ambassador and their topic of conversation along with a blatant lie to vice president pence meet the standard for an investigation by the fbi? i have to give you the same answer. i m not going to comment. now, i know director comey that you probably can t comment on this as well, but i think it s really important that we review a short timeline that s based on press reportings because we need to get this for the public record, i think. so on december 25th, 2016, mr. flynn reportedly exchanged text messages with the russian ambassador. on december 28th, 2016, mr. flynn reportedly spoke on the phone with the russian ambassador. then it was clear that they were going to take actions against russia. on december 29th, 2016 mr. flynn
on december 29th, 2016, mr. flynn reportedly spoke on the phone with the russian ambassador again. that day the obama administration expelled 35 and announced a new sanctions. we also know from the press reporting said sometimes in december mr. flynn met with the russian ambassador at trump tower, and that mr. trump s son in law was also there. the purpose of the meeting was to establish a line of communication with the kremlin. i should add that the white house and mr. flynn did not disclose this december face-to-face meeting until this month. on january 20th january 12th, 2017, the press reported that mr. flynn contacted the russian ambassador again. and on january 15th, 2015, vice president elect mike speenineteen pence said that
on december 29th, 2016, mr. flynn reportedly spoke on the phone are w the russian ambassador. that day the obama administration expelled 35 russian operatives from the united states and announced new sanctions. we also know from press rorpgz sometime in kees mr. flynn met in thursday with the russian ambassador at trump tower. and jared kushner was there, the purpose of the meeting was to establish a line of communication with the kremlin. i should add that the white house and mr. flynn didn t disclose this december face-to-face meeting until this month. on january 12th, 2017, press reported that mr. flynn contacted the russian ambassador again, and on january 15th, 2015, vice president-elect mike pence stated on several sunday morning shows regarding mr.