Trump team warned by Justice Dept. 'weeks ago' Flynn was vulnerable to Russia blackmail

Sally Q. Yates is looking more like a hero each day. Before she was fired by Donald Trump, the then-acting attorney general told the incoming administration in late January that she believed then-NatSec-advisor General Michael Flynn had misled senior administration officials about the nature of his communications with the Russian ambassador to the United States, and warned that the national security adviser was potentially vulnerable to Russian blackmail.

The Washington Post reported the story just hours before Flynn resigned in disgrace.

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