READ: Michael Flynn’s Resignation Letter

File photo : Michael Flynn, National Security Advisor to U.S. President Donald J. Trump, attends a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the White House in Washington, DC, USA, February 10, 2017... File photo : Michael Flynn, National Security Advisor to U.S. President Donald J. Trump, attends a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the White House in Washington, DC, USA, February 10, 2017. Donald Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned over his contacts with Russia, the White House has announced. Mr Flynn is alleged to have discussed US sanctions with the Russian ambassador before Mr Trump took office. Photo by Olivier Douliery/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, resigned from the administration late Monday night.

In his resignation letter, Flynn apologized for not informing Trump and Vice President Mike Pence about the details of his calls with the Russian ambassador ahead of inauguration.

“Unfortunately, because of the fast pace of events, I inadvertently briefed the Vice President Elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian Ambassador. I have sincerely apologized to the President and the Vice President, and they have accepted my apology,” he wrote.

Read the full text of the letter released by the White House:

In the course of my duties as the incoming National Security Advisor, I held numerous phone calls with foreign counterparts, ministers, and ambassadors. These calls were to facilitate a smooth transition and begin to build the necessary relationships between the President, his advisors and foreign leaders. Such calls are standard practice in any transition of this magnitude.

Unfortunately, because of the fast pace of events, I inadvertently briefed the Vice President Elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian Ambassador. I have sincerely apologized to the President and the Vice President, and they have accepted my apology.

Throughout my over thirty three years of honorable military service, and my tenure as the National Security Advisor, I have always performed my duties with the utmost of integrity and honesty to those I have served, to include the President of the United States.

I am tendering my resignation, honored to have served our nation and the American people in such a distinguished way.

I am also extremely honored to have served President Trump, who in just three weeks, has reoriented American foreign policy in fundamental ways to restore America’s leadership position in the world.

As I step away once again from serving my nation in this current capacity, I wish to thank President Trump for his personal loyalty, the friendship of those who I worked with throughout the hard fought campaign, the challenging period of transition, and during the early days of his presidency.

I know with the strong leadership of President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence and the superb team they are assembling, this team will go down in history as one of the greatest presidencies in U.S. history, and I firmly believe the American people will be well served as they all work together to help Make America Great Again.

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  1. When even Donald Trump doubts your integrity, it’s time to hire a team of a dozen lawyers. TPM readership has many such lawyers in its stable. I recommend Flynn post here.

  2. I’d rather read his indictment.

  3. “throughout my tenure as National Security Advisor” seems an overblown description for someone who lasted barely 3 weeks in the job.

  4. I actually think what he tweeted out last night is far more revealing.

    He is claiming to be the victim and indicating that he isn’t the only “scapegoat”.

    The Trumpers have got to be worried…no way this guy keeps his mouth shut for long. They just fired a guy who most likely has all sorts of dirty secrets on Trump, who has shown repeatedly that he is driven by revenge and is highly unstable.

    Like I said the other day, Trump really should have a long talk with Abe about seppuku, and passed it along to Flynn.

  5. Well, he may have been using RT for inspiration: RT tweeted that Flynn “retired”—after a long career, by the standards of a Russian spy who disappoints Putin.

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