Never mind the fact that President Donald Trump made him the head of the National Security Council.
If Michael Flynn wasn’t properly vetted and was potentially unfit to even have security clearance, as may be the case, that’s on the Obama administration.
At least, that’s according to White House spokesman Sean Spicer, who blamed Barack Obama’s White House on Thursday for signing off on Flynn’s security clearance.
“[General Flynn’s] clearance was last reissued by the Obama administration in 2016 with full knowledge of his activities that occurred in 2015,” Spicer said during Thursday’s press briefing, responding to a question about Flynn possibly breaking federal law by accepting foreign funds for a trip to Russia in 2015.
“All of that clearance was made during the Obama administration and apparently with knowledge of the trip that he took,” he continued, “so that’s how the process works, and I welcome the Department of Defense’s [Office of Inspector General] review.”
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