Politics

White House: Trump did not know Flynn was "foreign agent" during campaign

The White House on Thursday said President Donald Trump did not know that his first National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn, was doing consulting work during the latter stages of the Presidential campaign on behalf of a group linked to the government of Turkey, netting Flynn more than a half million dollars in consultant fees, just before taking a job in the Trump White House.

“I don’t believe that that was known,” said White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer of Flynn, when asked by reporters at a daily press briefing.

“I don’t know what he discussed prior to being appointed in terms of

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