met with hope hicks in the situation room at least twice and gave her the names of the russians that contacted her and said that they were not who they claimed to be. the fbi was concerned the e-mails may have been part of a russian intelligence operation. the meetings with hicks what the fbi calls a defensive briefing went beyond the standard security advice they receive upon taking office. defensive briefings are intended to warning government officials about specific concerns or risks. so after hope hicks had her two big days of interviews, testimony with the muller investigators thursday and friday, that was the reporting from the new york times that followed. now today, nbc news has this scoop. quote, special counsel robert mueller is trying to piece together what happened in the white house over an 18-day period when senior officials were told michael flynn was susceptible to blackmail by russia.
investigation is to taunting they may try to blow it up. at least we won t be able to say we weren t warned. everybody is throwing red flags on the possibility of firing robert mueller. the president s long-time close aide, not just for this year at the white house but in the campaign and trump organization before that hope hicks long-time donald trump aid has had a two-day long interview with muller s investigatiors on thursday and friday next week. the new york times since reported hope hicks was given at least two defensive briefings, both in the situation room at the white house from senior counter intelligence officers at the fbi, warning hope hicks about how many russians were trying to contact her. has the trump administration took office. quote, american intelligence and law enforcement agencies became alarmed by introductory e-mails hope hicks received from russian government addresses in the weeks after mr. trump s election. after trump took office, senior fbi counter intel