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Im alex witt along said eamon mohyeldin. This Morning National security adviser Michael Flynn has resigned his post. His departure comes amid discussions that he discussed easing sanctions with a Russian Ambassador and misled the Vice President and other Senior Administration officials about the nature of his conversations. In a Resignation Letter flynn wrote, in part, unfortunately, because of the fast pace of events i inadvertently briefed the vice press elect and others with incomplete information. A senior official tells nbc news the president and advisers have been, quote, agonizing over what to do about flynn for days but ultimately t ....
Twitter this morning, back in front of the press corps in the rose garden this afternoon taking on the fired fbi director james comey. The president taking questions from reporters, accused comey of leaking and lying to congress. And said he would go under oath for special counsel bob mutualer and teased the White House Press corps reality tv style over whether or not he has recordings of his conversations with james comey. No collusion. No obstruction. Hes a leaker. But we want to get back to running our great country. We were very, very happy. And frankly, james comey confirmed a lot of what i said. And some of the things that he said just werent true. He did say under oath that you told him to let the flynn you said you hoped the Flynn Investigation, you could he could let go. I didnt say that. So he lied about that . Well, i didnt say that. I mean i will tell you ....
And a defiant president back on twitter this morning, back in front of the press corps in the rose garden this afternoon taking on the fired fbi director james comey. The president taking questions from reporters, accused comey of leaking and lying to congress. And said he would go under oath for special counsel bob mueller and teased the White House Press corps reality tv style over whether or not he has recordings of his conversations with james comey. No collusion. No obstruction. Hes a leaker. But we want to get back to running our great country. We were very, very happy. And frankly, james comey confirmed a lot of what i said. And some of the things that he said just werent true. He did say under oath that you told him to let the flynn you said you hoped the flynn investigation, you could he could let go. I didnt say that. So he lied about that . Well, i didnt say that. I mean i will tell you i didnt say that. And did he a ....
And under threat of reading them first in the New York Times donald trump jr. , the president s eldest son, released a chain of emails from and to his british contact Rob Goldstone saying a russian official could provide official documents and information that would incriminate hillary and would be very useful to your father. The high level and Sensitive Information is part of russia and its governments support for mr. Trump. In his initial reply, don junior says, if its what you say, i love it. Especially later in the summer. A short time ago, donald trump jr. Was on fox news with sean hannity. Someone sent me an email. I cant help what someone sends me. I read it, responded accordingly. If there was Something Interesting there, its pretty common. Ther ....