Michael Flynn Resigns

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🗓️ 14 February 2017

⏱️ 21 minutes

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President Trump's National Security Advisor steps down. This episode: host/White House correspondent Tamara Keith, justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, and political editor Domenico Montanaro. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	This episode was recorded at 12.42 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday.
0:05.3	Things may have changed by the time you hear it.
0:07.6	Keep up with all our coverage at npr.org on the NPR-1 app
0:12.2	and on your local public radio station.
0:14.8	Okay, here's the show.
0:19.6	It's the NPR Politics podcast here to talk about the resignation of Michael Flynn,
0:24.8	who stepped down last night from his job as National Security Advisor to President Trump.
0:29.8	Flynn discussed US sanctions with a Russian official.
0:33.4	Then misled the Vice President about those conversations.
0:37.0	That's what led to his resignation, but the questions go much deeper.
0:41.3	I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House.
0:43.2	I'm Carrie Johnson in PR's Justice Correspondent.
0:45.7	And I'm Dominican Montenegro political editor.
0:48.1	All right, guys. Insert Valentine's Day break up joke here.
0:52.2	Oh, man. Happy Valentine's Day.
0:54.3	Happy Valentine's Day.
0:55.5	Can you feel the love?
0:56.4	There wasn't a lot of love for Mike Flynn last night.
1:00.9	So, Dominican, do you want to read a bit of General Michael Flynn's resignation letter
1:07.1	that came out last night?
1:08.4	Sure. And this came out a little after 11 o'clock last night.
1:11.7	Flynn wrote that he'd had numerous phone calls with foreign leaders during the transition,
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