“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 US history.”

The move comes less than a month into the job, making him one of the shortest-serving senior presidential advisers in modern history. And lieutenant general Joseph Keith Kellogg junior had been appointed acting national security advisor in his letter of resignation released by the White House Flynn blames of fast pace of events rating I inadvertently briefed the vice president elect and others with incomplete information. I have sincerely apologized to the President and the Vice President, and they have accepted my apology.”

Monday night, The Washington Post reported that the acting attorney general had informed the Trump White House late last month that she believed Flynn had misled senior administration officials and warned that the national security adviser was potentially vulnerable to Russian blackmail. Kellogg takes the helm of the National Security Council at a time when the young administration is grappling with a series of national security challenges, including North Korea’s reported ballistic missile launch. A replacement for Flynn had not been named but among those said to be under consideration late Monday night were retired Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Keith Kellogg and former CIA Director and four-star Army general David Petraeus. Late last month, the Justice Department warned the White House that Flynn could be in a compromised position as a result of the contradictions between the public depictions of the calls and what intelligence officials knew to be true based on recordings of the conversations, which were picked up as part of routine monitoring of foreign officials communications in the U.S.

A U.S. official told The Associated Press that Flynn was in frequent contact with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak on the day the Obama administration slapped sanctions on Russia for election-related hacking, as well as at other times during the transition. According to the account of the conversations published by the Post last week, Flynn’s comments to the Russian ambassador “were interpreted by some senior US officials as an inappropriate and potentially illegal signal to the Kremlin that it could expect a reprieve from sanctions … Flynn urged Russia not to overreact to the penalties being imposed by President Barack Obama.”

A seldom enforced law known as the Logan Act bars private citizens from engaging in diplomacy with a foreign government “in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States.”

The Washington Post reported Monday that support for Flynn within the administration had “eroded largely because of a belief that he was disingenuous about Russia” and cited one White House official as saying, “The knives are out for Flynn.”

The website Politico, meanwhile, reported that “Trump has told several people that he is particularly displeased with national security advisor Michael Flynn over reports that he had top-secret discussions with Russian officials and lied about it.” It quoted a person said to be “familiar” with Trump’s thoughts on the matter as saying, “I would be worried if I was General Flynn.”

Speaking on Sunday morning talk shows, Stephen Miller, the ultra-right Republican operative designated as Trump’s “chief policy adviser,” made no attempt to deflect the denunciations of Flynn.
Michael T. Flynn resigns as National Security Advisor following controversy over his alleged contacts with Russian officials. Retired United States Army general Keith Kellogg subsequently becomes acting National Security Advisor until a permanent replacement is appointed.