Former President Obama warned President Trump against hiring Michael Flynn at a White House meeting last November, according to multiple reports.
The reports come as former acting Attorney General Sally Yates is set to testify Monday about concerns she raised to the Trump administration about the former national security adviser’s contact with the Russian ambassador.
Three former officials from the Obama administration told NBC that Trump and Obama discussed Flynn’s role at a November 10 meeting at the White House, just after Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.
It was during that conversation that Obama reportedly warned Trump against hiring Flynn as his national security adviser.
In recent weeks, Trump has been blaming the Obama administration for failing to properly vet Flynn. On Monday, he tweeted that the “fake news” media rarely reports that Obama gave Flynn “the highest security clearance.”
Obama fired Flynn from his job leading the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014, but kept an active security clearance, which was re-issued by the Trump administration in January. Flynn was a prominent critic of both Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign.
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#BREAKING: Obama warned Trump against hiring Flynn: report https://t.co/34gIDo6uCh pic.twitter.com/ZgHURAjbcc
— The Hill (@thehill) May 8, 2017
BREAKING: Trump WH's first reaction to NBC exclusive that Pres Obama warned Trump against hiring Flynn last November during Oval Ofc mtg. pic.twitter.com/duqrdqJ7V2
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) May 8, 2017
Trump knew that there were problems with Flynn. It wasn’t a big secret but he hired him anyway. Probably because of his Russian connections rather in spite of them.
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