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On what general flynn had told him. we knew that that just flat wasn t true. reporter: and she said her biggest concern was that the russians would use that as leverage over flynn. not only did we believe the russians knew this, but that they likely had proof of this information. and that created a compromise situation, a situation where the national security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. reporter: yates said she first alerted white house counsel don megan to her concerns in late january. two days after the fbi interviewed flynn and a full 18 days before flynn was fired following a bombshell washington post report that revealed the warning to the white house. we told them that they were giving them all of this information so that they could take action. the action that they deemed appropriate. reporter: yates testimony contradicting the white house ....
They likely had proof of this information. and that created a compromise situation, a situation where the national security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. reporter: yates said she alerted white house counsel to her concerns in late january. two days after the fbi interviewed flynn and a full 18 days before flynn was fired following a bombshell washington post report that revealed the warning to the white house. we told them that they were giving them all of this information so that they could take action. the action that they deemed appropriate. reporter: yates testimony contradicting the white house assertion that she gave a heads up. the acting attorney general informed white house counsel that they wanted to give, quote, a heads up to us on some comments that may have seemed in conflict with what he had sent the vice-president out in particular. reporter: yates testifying today she gave the white house the opportunity to look at the ....
Greater vezability into the investigation and its details. there will be more than 20 dedicated agents working on the investigation. they will brief comey on a weekly basis. meanwhile, nbc news has confirmed that bombshell washington post report that the united arab emirates arranged a secret meeting in january, a week before the inauguration between blackwater founder eric prince and a russian close to president vladimir putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back channel line of communication between moscow and president-elect donald trump. the post noted that prince presented himself as an unofficial ann vey for trump. the blackwater founder gave a quarter of a million dollars to the trump campaign, and pro-trump super pacs last year and he s been sitting in the trump s transition offices in december. a spokesperson for prince rejected the story and the white house called the suggestion of a back water charge ridiculous. meanwhile as the investigation moves forward, trum ....