logistics of setting up a call with the president of russia and the president-elect after he was sworn in and they exchanged logistical information on how to initiate and schedule that call. that was it, plain and simple. i talked to general flynn yesterday and the conversations that took place at that time were not in any way related to new u.s. sanctions against russia. reporter: but flynn s calls were intercepted by the u.s. intelligence community. secret transcripts show flynn did discuss the sanctions, a potential violation of federal law prohibiting private citizens from engaging in diplomacy. flynn was not yet in office. law enforcement officials say flynn made no promises about lifting sanctions and appeared to be trying to be vague. alarmed on january 26, the justice department attempted to warn the white house.
trying to ascertain the truth. we got to a point, not based on a legal issue, but based on a trust issue with the level of trust between the president and general flynn had eroded to the point where he felt he had to make a change. the white house insisted there was nothing illegal about phone conversations flynn had with the russian ambassador during the transition. even if the two had talked about sanctions. what cost flynn his job was telling the vice president he never talked about sanctions. i talked to general flynn yesterday and the conversations that took place at that time were not in any way related to new u.s. sanctions against russia or the expulsion of diplomats. the president was made aware of the phone calls with the department of justice called on january 26th to say russia might have information with which to blackmail flynn. the president turned the case to white house counsel. white house counsel undertook an extensive review of materials
chris: u.s. officials i m going to turn the subject. u.s. officials now say that p contrary to previous denials, that the president s national security adviser, retired general michael flynn, did discuss u.s. sanctions with the russian ambassador before he took office in december at the very time that president obama was imposing new sanctions because of russia s role in interfering in the election. be here s an exchange that i had before the inauguration with vice president pence. did mike flynn ever discuss lifting sanctions in any of those conversations, do you know? i talked to general flynn yesterday, and the conversations that took place at that time were not in any way related to new u.s. sanctions against russia or the expulsion of diplomats. chris: despite that, the white house said yesterday that president trump still has, quote, full confidence in michael flynn as his national security adviser. question: do you? no.
various national security issues, i am told. this west wing official told me the president and vice president were not happy, but he is not going to be gone by the end of the week. there was not much public support from white house officials this weekend, feeling the notion that flynn s job could be on the line. that is a question for the president and chief of staff, general flynn has served his country admirably, three-star general, headed the defense intelligence agency and i look forward to having more discussions about this in the future. flynn was supposed to be the keynote speaker tonight at a special operations banquet. he canceled his appearance on sunday. there west wing source i spoke to said flynn was with the president all weekend at mar-a-lago overseeing the visit of the japanese prime minister and the response to north korea. flynn was at the president side all weekend this source told me. if the inner circle is four people in the white house, he is in the inner ci
and with safelite s exclusive on my way text she knew exactly when i d be there, so she didn t miss a single shot. i replaced her windshield giving her more time for what matters most. tech: how d ya do? player: we won! tech: nice! that s another safelite advantage. mom: thank you so much! (team sing) safelite repair, safelite replace. jenna: fox news alert on the state of national security advisor michael flynn who we are just learning apologize to vice president pence for telling him that sanctions were perhaps not discussed during his phone call with the russian ambassador. they are still a question about what exactly the contents of those call were. the vp was talking about this with our own chris wallace if you weeks back. did mike flynn ever discussed lifting sanctions, do you know? i talked to general flynn