A White House attorney told the newspaper McFarland only meant that Democrats were portraying it that way. It’s unclear why Trump would cite lying to the FBI as a reason for firing Flynn. Flynn left the White House in February, only acknowledging that he had given an incomplete account to Pence of his conversations with Kislyak. After Trump forced Flynn out, he asked FBI Director James Comey to end the bureau’s probe in the matter, according to Comey’s account. At the time, Pence said Trump was justified in firing Flynn because Flynn had lied to him.

Source: Daily Sun December 03, 2017 05:37 UTC