Centrum Stosunków Międzynarodowych - 14 February 2017: The Resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn stepped down Monday after it comes out that he had contacts with Russian ambassador, Sergei Kislyak. His talks concerns U.S. sanctions on Russia. Originally, he denied but Justice Department informed The White House that Flynn could be vulnerable to Russian blackmail. He held this function for three weeks and three days. He issued the statement in which he apologized President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for presenting incomplete information regarding his phone calls with the Russian ambassador.

After his resignation the function of national security adviser took retired general Keith Kellogg, who has been chief of staff of the White House National Security Council.