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Trump: I fired Flynn because of what he told Pence
Jacob Pramuk | @jacobpramuk
Published 1:37 PM ET Thu, 16 Feb 2017 Updated 9:44 AM ET Fri, 17 Feb 2017
A defiant President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that he asked Michael Flynn to resign because of Flynn's statements to Vice President Mike Pence. The president also denied that he told his key national security advisor to discuss sanctions with a Russian official.
"He didn't tell the vice president of the United States the facts and then he didn't remember, and that's just not acceptable," Trump told reporters at the White House at his first solo news conference as chief executive.
"I fired him because of what he said to Mike Pence."