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National Security Adviser Resigns Over Communications With Russia
National security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday, citing "incomplete in- formation" that he provided top White House officials about his dealings with the Russian ambassador.
Trump immediately named Lt. General Joseph Keith Kellogg, Jr., as acting na- tional security adviser, the White House reported.
Former acting attorney gen- eral Sally Yates warned the White House that Flynn was misleading about the interac- tions with the ambassador.
The official, who is not au- thorized to comment publicly on the matter, said Yates’ communication to the White House was prompted by asser- tions from top Trump offi- cials, including Vice President Pence, that Flynn had not discussed sanctions imposed by the Obama ad- ministration for Russia’s med- dling in the 2016 election.
The Washington Post first re- ported the development earlier Monday.
National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has resigned be- cause he was communicating constantly with Russians dur- ing campaign.
Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration, was abruptly dismissed by the White House late last month after directing Justice lawyers not to defend the new adminis- tration’s travel ban against seven Muslim-majority coun- tries.
During Near Fight With White House Reporter, Omarosa Claims A ‘List’ Being Kept On Black Journalists
Omarosa Manigault, who stirred up plenty of both as a reality-TV star and a longtime associate of President Trump and who is now a communications official in his administration got into a heated argument with a White House reporter just steps from the Oval Office last week, ac- cording to witnesses.
The reporter, April Ryan, said Manigault “physically intimidated” her in a manner that could have warranted in- tervention by the Secret Serv- ice.
During their altercation, Ryan said Manigault told her that she was among several African American journalists who were the subject of White House “dossiers of negative in- formation. Manigault has previously said that Trump is keeping “a list” of opponents, though at the time she was re- ferring to Republicans who voted against Trump.
Manigault, a onetime friend of Ryan’s, declined to address Ryan’s accusations on the record, offering only this emailed statement: “My comment: Fake news!” She did not specify what she consid-
Omarosa Manigault and April Ryan were once friends.
ered false.
Manigault appeared on
Trump’s reality programs, “The Apprentice” and “Celebrity Apprentice,” where she became known as a com- bative personality skilled in undercutting rivals. She also worked on his presidential campaign, appearing multiple times as a surrogate in TV in- terviews. Trump appointed her director of communica- tions for the White House Of- fice of Public Liaison in January.
The encounter between Manigault and Ryan took place outside White House
press secretary Sean Spicer’s West Wing office late Wednes- day. Among the witnesses were White House press office staffers and a Washington Post reporter, Abby Phillip.
Phillip said she didn’t hear every word of the women’s ex- change but said Ryan told her afterward that she felt Mani- gault’s behavior was so threatening that it was “Secret Serviceable,” meaning that it rose to the level of law enforce- ment intervention.
Ryan is a 20- year veteran White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Networks.
High Level Trump Advisers Were In Constant Contact With Russians; Trump Tweets Attacks On Media And Intelligence
High-level advisers close to then-presidential nominee Donald Trump were in con- stant communication during the campaign with Russians known to US intelligence, mul- tiple current and former intel- ligence, law enforcement and administration officials tell CNN.
President-elect Trump and then-President Barack Obama were both briefed on details of the extensive com- munications between sus- pected Russian operatives and people associated with the Trump campaign and the Trump business, according to US officials familiar with the matter.
Both the frequency of the communications during early summer and the proximity to Trump of those involved
"raised a red flag" with U.S. in- telligence and law enforce- ment, according to these officials. The communications were intercepted during rou- tine intelligence collection tar- geting Russian officials and other Russian nationals known to U.S. intelligence.
President Donald Trump leveled a fresh wave of Twitter attacks on the intelli- gence community and the news media Wednesday morning after a tumultuous few days that included the departure of his national security adviser and reports about U.S. investi- gations into his team’s commu- nications with Russian authorities.
Mr. Trump, in his tweets, accused intelligence agencies of “illegally” leaking information “just like Russia”.
Executive Order For HBCUs In The Works?
Omarosa Manigault and President Trump during Black History session.
Trump that his support of HBCUs is vital and that the previous administration did little to help.
Dennard claims Trump was “shocked and upset” to learn that President Obama did little in terms of supporting HBCU’s, specifi- cally Howard University.
The Trump administration will host an “HBCU Fly-In” with leaders from HBCUs later this month.
Omarosa, who is an alum- nae of Central State Univer- sity and Howard University, declined to comment on the HBCU executive order.
“I can, however, reinforce the president’s commitment to support historically Black colleges and universities,” Omarosa said, “as well as school choice as he stated throughout the campaign.”
Omarosa Manigault is working on an executive order regarding historically Black colleges and universi- ties, according to three sources familiar with a last Wednesday morning “listen- ing session” with Donald Trump in commemoration of Black History Month.
Omarosa brought up an
executive order following Trump’s less-than-in- formed remarks on Freder- ick Douglass during a previous listening session.
Paris Dennard, a politi- cal commentator who works on strategic communications for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, told BuzzFeed News how he explained to
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