A Closer Look: Mike Flynn Resigns / Interview: John Oliver

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

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4.5 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Seth takes a closer look at national security advisor Michael Flynn's resignation after revelations that he may have secretly discussed U.S. sanctions with the Russian ambassador and then lied about it. Then, Seth and John Oliver chat about their respective approaches to Trump in the White House, and John shares his thoughts on why Trump was elected (Oprah) and a certain ex-president who needs to calm down with the vacation photos. Then, Late Night producer Henry goes backstage with John to ask him a few more questions. LATE NIGHT ON SOCIAL Rate the Late Night Podcast on iTunes: itunes.com/LateNightSeth Subscribe to Late Night on YouTube: youtube.com/LateNightSeth Follow Late Night on Twitter: twitter.com/LateNightSeth Like Late Night on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LateNightSeth Find Late Night on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/LateNightSeth Get more Late Night with Seth Meyers: www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/ Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers Weeknights 12:35/11:35c on NBC. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:08.8	The Trump administration was rocked by scandal on Monday when National Security Advisor Michael
1:12.9	Flynn resigned after revelations that he may have secretly discussed US sanctions with the Russian
1:17.8	ambassador and then lied about it. For more on this, it's time for a closer look.
1:21.9	We're just over three weeks into the Trump administration and we've already got our first major
1:30.3	resignation, which means that in a way Flynn did accomplish something historic.
1:34.9	According to Washington Post, he set a record with his resignation as the White House National
1:38.7	Security Advisor. No one in the 64-year history of the role had a shorter tenure than his.
1:43.6	The average tenure is about 2.6 years. Flynn was on the job just 24 days.
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