the 28th and the call centered around the logistics of setting up a call with the president of russia and the president-elect after he was sworn in. don t you love that pause just before he lesays logistics? spicer says he spoke with him on the 28th, not the 29th. hours later, spicer changed his story. that call took place on the 29th of december, at which time general flynn was asked whether or not he would help set up a call after the inauguration with president putin and then president trump. the only conversation that general flynn had was one to wish him a merry christmas. two, to express his sympathies for the loss of life that occurred during the plane crash that took the lives of their military choir. so spicer comes out to correct. he says he did talk michael flynn did talk to the ambassador on the day that the sanctions were announced but total