National security adviser Michael Flynn. His words, according to director comey, i hope you can let this go. This was the day after comey himself had that flynn himself had resigned. Now, again, if true, this memo is a clear sign yet of president ial interference with the investigation into whether members of his Campaign Team colluded with russian officials. And the news comes a day after the revelation that the president revealed covert classified intelligence to russias ambassador and their foreign minister. We have a team of correspondents on this. Pamela brown, jake tapper, jim acosta at the white house, jim sciutto, Phil Mattingly on the hill. Pam brown has new reporting. She starts us off. What are you hearing, pamela . Well, andon, according to sources speaking to myself and my colleague jake tapper james comey the former fbi director wanted to document a specific conversation he had with the president in february where he alleged that the president asked him to end the probe i
Going to stop. The latest being i think it was monday january 23. And so we were balancing that with the need of an Investigative Agency to be able to complete its investigation and not to have any kind of notification negatively impact that investigation. But when those final misrepresentations were made on the 23rd, the fbi then interviewed general flynn on the 24th. We got the readout of that on the 25th. Then i called first thing on the morning of the 26th to go over and make the notification. Don mcgahn is the white House Counsel. He is the man sally yates met with on the 26th of january to warn him about general flynn. Why wait until the 26th to take the information to the white house . Just like in any matter, we were trying to balance notification against an impact that it would have on an fbi investigation. You had to wait until flynn was interviewed by the fbi. We looked at that as well as the fact that it was the misrepresentations that didnt really start until mid january t
Them fake. And priebus said his departure symbolized the president pressing the reset button, what trump accused Hillary Clinton for being with russia. Bre priebus was graceful in parting, as he praised trump for his unmatched political instincts. Ive been, obviously, talking to the president. For a few days about this. And ultimately, i formally resigned yesterday. It was something i talked to the president about. I always said to him and he said to me, that either one of us need to move in a different direction, lets talk about it and get it done. Im going to be a trump fan. Im on team trump. He has the best political instincts hang on a second. He knows intuitively, when things need to change. Ive seen it for a year and a half on this wild ride with the president. That i love being a part of. He intuitively determined it was time to do something differently. I think hes right. We talk about this subject. Anytime anytime we want to go a different direction, either one of us, we talk
Now. On a friday night good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 190 of the Trump Administration. And Reince Priebus of kenosha, wisconsin will soon be a private citizen again. And tonight he is making plan foss as they say, spend more time with his family. His replacement is homemade secretary john kelly, a retired fourstar u. S. Marine general. He starts on monday and in Trump White House terms that is ages from now. Priebus granted his exit interview. The first one to cnn notable because the president never miss as chance to call them fake. And priebus said his departure symbolized the president pressing the reset button, what trump criticized Hillary Clinton for doing with russia. Priebus was graceful in departing. He implied his departure was a topic of conversation with the president as he praised trump for unmatched political indistinct. Ive been obviously talking to the president for a few days about this. And ultimately i formally resigned ye
Interview. The first one to cnn notable because the president never miss misses a chance to call them fake. And priebus said his departure symbolized the president pressing the reset button, what trump criticized Hillary Clinton for doing with russia. Priebus was graceful in departing. He implied his departure was a topic of conversation with the president as he praised trump for unmatched political indistinct. Instincts. Ive been obviously talking to the president for a few days about this. And ultimately i formally resigned yesterday. Its something i always talked to the president about. Ive always said to him and he always agreed with me, any time either one of us think that we need to to make a change or move in a different direction, lets just talk about it and get it done. Im always going to be a trump fan. Im on team trump. He has the best political instincts hang on a second. Yeah. He knows intuitively when things need to change. Ive seen it now for a year and a half on the wil