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Michael Flynn's Guilty Plea Pulls Vice President Pence Closer To Russia Spotlight
Pence has tried to distance himself, but he’s supposedly the reason Trump’s national security adviser got fired.
With Michael Flynn’s guilty plea bringing fresh attention to what Vice President Mike Pence knew about possible Russian collusion and when he knew it, Pence’s office has a ready answer: Not much and really late.
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In October of last year, Pence was asked if the Trump campaign had been working with WikiLeaks, and he denied it. On Nov. 13 of this year, the day that Trump Jr.’s cooperation with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was reported, Pence’s office released this statement: “The vice president was never aware of anyone associated with the campaign being in contact with WikiLeaks. He first learned of this news from a published report earlier tonight.”
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“Mike Flynn is a fine person, and I asked for his resignation. He respectfully gave it. He is a man who ― there was a certain amount of information given to Vice President Pence, who is with us today. And I was not happy with the way that information was given,” Trump said at a Feb. 16 news conference. “He didn’t have to do that, because what he did wasn’t wrong ― what he did in terms of the information he saw.” - HuffPost
With Michael Flynn’s guilty plea bringing fresh attention to what Vice President Mike Pence knew about possible Russian collusion and when he knew it, Pence’s office has a ready answer: Not much and really late.
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In October of last year, Pence was asked if the Trump campaign had been working with WikiLeaks, and he denied it. On Nov. 13 of this year, the day that Trump Jr.’s cooperation with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was reported, Pence’s office released this statement: “The vice president was never aware of anyone associated with the campaign being in contact with WikiLeaks. He first learned of this news from a published report earlier tonight.”
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“Mike Flynn is a fine person, and I asked for his resignation. He respectfully gave it. He is a man who ― there was a certain amount of information given to Vice President Pence, who is with us today. And I was not happy with the way that information was given,” Trump said at a Feb. 16 news conference. “He didn’t have to do that, because what he did wasn’t wrong ― what he did in terms of the information he saw.” - HuffPost
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