Trump was first informed about the Justice Department`s concerns regarding Flynn on Jan. 26, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said at Tuesday`s daily press briefing.
The White House kept Vice President Pence in the dark for weeks about the warning it had gotten about national security adviser Michael Flynn from the Justice Department, Pence`s press secretary, Marc Lotter, said Tuesday.
However, a senior intelligence official told NBC News last week that there had been no finding that Flynn acted illegally.
Flynn`s departure ? so far the most high-profile of Trump`s senior team ? comes after the White House said he misled Pence and other senior administration officials about information he shared with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Flynn had claimed that he had no substantial communication with Kislyak, which Pence later repeated to various news outlets.
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