At a press briefing with Republican leadership on Tuesday, Ryan was asked about Flynn’s resignation. The retired general tendered his resignation in a letter on Monday night.
“Let me take a step back for a second. National security is perhaps the most important function or responsibility a president has, and I think the President made the right decision to ask for his resignation,” he said. “You cannot have a national security adviser misleading the Vice President and others.”
“So I think the President was right to ask for his resignation, and I believe it was the right thing to do,” he said again.
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But during an interview hours earlier on NBC’s “Today," White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said that Flynn resigned voluntarily.
"The President is very loyal. He’s a very loyal person. And by nighttime, Mike Flynn had decided it was best to resign. He knew he became a lightning rod, and he made that decision," she said.
On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that Flynn had discussed sanctions in a call with the Russian ambassador to the United States before Trump’s inauguration. Vice President Pence had defended Flynn against charges of wrongdoing in subsequent interviews, but in his letter of resignation, Flynn admitted that he had “inadvertently briefed the Vice President Elect and others with incomplete information” after the call.
On Monday, the Post reported that then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates had warned the White House in January that Flynn could be vulnerable to blackmail from Russia.
Kellyanne was at the Bowling Green massacre, how would she know what was going on in the real world.
I believe that Conway should be fired! She is the one creating negative controversy.