The former US acting attorney general says she had warned about contacts between President Donald Trump’s ex-national security adviser and Russian government officials.
Sally Yates revealed during an open hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday that she had warned the Trump administration against appointing General Michael Flynn as national security adviser.
Yates told the panel, which is investigating Russia’s alleged interference in the US presidential election last year, that former national security adviser had created a “compromise situation” and could have been “blackmailed” because he lied to his bosses about his contacts with Russians.
“We weren’t the only ones that knew all of this,” Yates said, referring to revelations that Flynn misled Vice President Mike Pence about the true content of a December call with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
“The Russians also knew about what General Flynn had done. The…