When the Department of Justice notified President Donald Trump and White House staff in January about concerns over National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s contact with the Russian ambassador, Vice President Mike Pence was kept out of the loop, only learning about the matter last week through media reports, according to Pence’s press secretary.
Pence was made aware that he received "incomplete" information from Flynn only after reading a report about the circumstances in the Washington Post last Thursday and asking about the situation.
Two weeks had passed since the Justice Department first contacted the White House on Jan. 26 and Trump who was “immediately" informed, according to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
"What I would tell you is that the vice president became aware of incomplete information that he had received on February 9th last Thursday night based on media accounts,” said Pence's press secretary Marc Lotter. “He did an inquiry based on those media accounts."
Full story at Yahoo News.
By Meghan Keneally and Adam Kelsey.

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