i needed to discuss with him, that i couldn t talk about it on the phone and that i needed to come see him, and he agreed to meet with me later that afternoon. the first thing we did was to explain to mr. mcgahn that the underlying conduct that general flynn engaged in was problematic in and of itself. not only did we believe the russians knew this but likely had proof of the information and that created a compromise situation, a situation where the national security advisor essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. finally, we told them that we were giving them all of this information so that they could take action. the action that they deemed appropriate. that was sally yates, talking about something that happened at the very, very beginning of the trump administration, literally less than a week of the swearing in of the in the president. it s a few days into administration, sally yates is acting attorney general