according to two people familiar with the probe, mueller is trying to determine why flynn remained in his post for 18 days after trump learned of yates warning. he appears to be interested in whether trump directed michael flynn to lie to senior officials including pence or the fbi and if so why. the sources said. on february 9th, the washington post published a report saying that michael flynn haud privately discussed sanctions with the russian ambassador before president trump took office, four days after that donald trump fired michael flynn. joining us now, julia ainsley, national security and justice reporter for nbc news, one of the reporters who broke that story today and jill wine-banks special prosecutor of watergate and contributor. julia, this seems to be a very focused target of robert mueller s, staring at the 18
sally yates conveyed to mcgahn on january 26. michael flynn was fired 18 days later on february 13th. according to two people familiar with the probe, mueller is trying to determine why flynn remained in his post for 18 days after trump learned of yates warning. wh he appears to be interested in whether trump directed michael flynn to lie to senior officials including pence or the fbi and if so why. the sources said. on february 9th, the washington post published a report saying that michael flynn haud privately discussed sanctions with the russian ambassador before president trump took office, four days after that donald trump fired michael flynn. joining us now, julia ainsley, national security and justice reporter for nbc news, one of the reporters who broke that story today and jill wine-banks special prosecutor of watergate