agent for another country during the campaign and getting paid for it. big-league and bigly. there are questions tonight about what that white house new back then and later what he was vetted, if you could call it that at this point for the national security job. more from cnn s jeff zeleny. reporter: was president trump aware his first national security adviser adviser, general michael flynn, was registered as a foreign agent to represent the government of turkey? so we re clear, general flynn filed with the department of justice two days ago. reporter: sean spicer said his lobbying business was private and took place before he joined the administration. although at the same time he was advising the trump campaign last year. that is not up for the government to determine. there are certain private citizens activities you conduct and you seek counsel on or professional advice. reporter: flynn s contract with the government of turkey ended after the election.
reporter: sean spicer said his lobbying business was private and took place before he joined the administration. although at the same time, he was advising the trump campaign last year. that is not up for the government to determine. there are certain private zints activities that you conduct and you seek counsel on or professional advice. reporter: flynn s contract with the government of turkey ended after the election. spires dismissed a series of questions about the lobbying disclosure. person in line to be the national security adviser may need to register as a foreign agent and that didn t raise a red flag? it s not a question of raising a red flag. it s a question of whether or not they gave him the advice that they re supposed to. reporter: on day 50 of the trump presidency, this was the latest distraction at the white house. it s been a full week now since president trump leveled the explosive accusation that president obama was spying on him at trump tour. but agai
justice two days ago. white house press secretary sean spicer says his lobbying business was private and took place before he joined the administration. although at the same time he was advising the trump campaign last year. that is not up for the government to determine. there are certain private citizens activities that you conduct and you seek counsel on or professional advice. flynn s contract with the government of turkey ended after the election. the person who is in line to be the national security adviser may need to register as a foreign agent, and that doesn t raise a red flag? it s not a question of raise a red flag, it s a question of whether or not they gave them the advice that they re supposed to. on day 50 of the trump presidency, this was the latest distraction at the white house. it s been a full week since president trump leveled the explosive accusation that president obama was spying on him at trump tower, but again today still no evidence.
registered as a foreign agent to represent the government of turkey? so we re clear, general flynn filed with the department of justice two days ago. reporter: sean spicer said his lobbying business was private and took place before he joined the administration. although at the same time he was advising the trump campaign last year. that is not up for the government to determine. there are certain private citizens activities you conduct and you seek counsel on or professional advice. reporter: flynn s contract with the government of turkey ended after the election. spicer dismissed a series of questions about the lobbying disclosure. no, no, no. the person who was in line to be the national security adviser may need to register as a foreign agent. if that doesn t raise a red flag it s not a question of raising a red flag, john. it s a question of whether or not they gave him the advice they re supposed to. on day 50 of the trump presidency, this was the latest distract
months has gone away. it s so clear what our mission is. i think a lot of trump supporters were saying why weren t you doing that for eight years when president obama was in office. why have you discovered your mission? i think those supporters were not reading the new york times. i keep using the example of tom dashel. in the beginning of the obama administration he was the most powerful person emerging in the obama administration. it was relentless coverage of him by the new york times, washington post and others about the fact he still had a lobbying business and tom had to leave the obama administration. we ve been tough on all presidents. it s not this is not a new e phenomenon. what s new is maybe the president doesn t understand. it s what the president said