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Obama Warned Trump Against Hiring Mike Flynn, Say Officials

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. · Monday, May 8th 2017 at 12:06PM · 1226 views
EXCLUSIVE News May 8 2017, 11:33 am ET
Obama Warned Trump Against Hiring Mike Flynn, Say Officials
by Kristen Welker, Peter Alexander, Dafna Linzer and Ken Dilanian


Former President Obama warned President Donald Trump against hiring Mike Flynn as his national security adviser, three former Obama administration officials tell NBC News.

The warning, which has not been previously reported, came less than 48 hours after the November election when the two sat down for a 90-minute conversation in the Oval Office.

A senior Trump administration official acknowledged Monday that Obama raised the issue of Flynn, saying the former president made clear he was "not a fan of Michael Flynn." Another official said Obama's remark seemed like it was made in jest.

The revelation comes on a day that former acting Attorney General Sally Yates is expected to testify that Flynn misled the White House about his contacts with Russia's ambassador to the United States.

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Obama Warned Trump Against Hiring Mike Flynn, Say Officials

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Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Monday, May 8th 2017 at 12:12PM

This video is on auto-play, there are two reports on the issue.

Steve Williams Monday, May 8th 2017 at 12:38PM

I don't see how this is news. Obama fired Flynn.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Monday, May 8th 2017 at 3:08PM

You are blind anyway.

Steve Williams Monday, May 8th 2017 at 5:45PM

Did you learn anything from Sally Yates today?

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Monday, May 8th 2017 at 7:20PM

YES!!! Trump really wanted Mike Flynn in that job as his National Security Adviser and Trump did not care about the Russian - Turkey connection.

Mike Flynn LIED to the American People and the Trump administration started defecting the issues about LEAKS.

THAT is what I learned today Steven, what did you learn today?

Steve Williams Monday, May 8th 2017 at 7:37PM

I learned that Yates is a partisan Democrat. Yates said it was urgent to report to the White House on something she learned from the FBI, yet the FBI is still investigating 3 months later. She showed bad judgement about the travel ban, and she showed bad judgement in her false alarm about Flynn. Then after she was fired she leaked classified information to the press.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Monday, May 8th 2017 at 8:44PM

Now Steven, Their you go again! You did not learn that FLYNN was a "FALSE ALARM" and or that Attorney General Sally Yates leaked anything to the press.

Did you learn today that President Obama told Trump not to hare MIKE FLYNN less than 48 hours after the November election when the two sat down for a 90-minute conversation in the Oval Office?

Steve Williams Monday, May 8th 2017 at 9:40PM

That was hardly a revelation Ron. What I didn't learn was why Obama thought he should talk to Trump about it. Just like Sally Yates didn't say why she warned the White House.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Monday, May 8th 2017 at 10:18PM

Why wasn't Mike Flynn vetted more thoroughly by the Trump administration? If they wanted to know about Mikey, that information could have been found on google. Mikey was FIRED by Obama.

Steve Williams Monday, May 8th 2017 at 10:53PM

You don't have a clue about the extent of his vetting.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Tuesday, May 9th 2017 at 8:48AM

I'm not apart of Trump Vetting team under the Vice President but what I do know Steven Mikey is FRIED as TRUMP'S National Security Adviser. That means Mikey as been FIRED from two administrations.

Steve Williams Tuesday, May 9th 2017 at 9:02AM

It's not a crime to be fired. It happens to the best of us.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Tuesday, May 9th 2017 at 9:33AM

It is a crime to lie about your envelopment with the Russians - Turkish governments and not tell the vetting investigation team that you are a foreign agent and got paid by both governments.

You say, It happens to the best of us. The best of us don't work against and LIE to the people of The United State of America.

Mikey is far from the BEST OF US.

Steve Williams Tuesday, May 9th 2017 at 2:24PM

Flynn helped Trump win is what makes him the best of us.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Tuesday, May 9th 2017 at 2:53PM

So you are saying that Trump had help to win the presidency of The United State of State, with the help of a liar and you think that a liar is the best of us, WOW!

That is some kind of thinking your have.



Steve Williams Tuesday, May 9th 2017 at 4:01PM

Mike Flynn is a patriot. Let him testify just like Huma Abbedin and the others. With immunity.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Tuesday, May 9th 2017 at 4:56PM

TRUMP through his ass out of his administration for LYING, they lost faith in him and that is a FACT.



Steve Williams Tuesday, May 9th 2017 at 6:19PM

HE did not lose faith. He acquiesed to the media, nothing more. This is why we voted for President Trump. He does what needs to be done and beats all his enemies to a pulp.

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