Obama Warned Trump Against Hiring Flynn, Ex-Officials Say
- Flynn said to have come up in Obama-Trump Oval Office meeting
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Yates Testifies She Warned White House About Flynn
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President Barack Obama warned Donald Trump during the presidential transition against hiring Michael Flynn as his national security adviser, according to two former Obama administration officials.
The revelation came hours before Trump’s former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration, appeared before a Senate panel to testify about what the Trump White House was told about Flynn’s communications with Russian officials between the election and Trump’s inauguration. Obama’s warning was reported earlier by NBC.