President Trump’s embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night, after days of controversy over his past contact with the Russian ambassador.
(FOX)- Flynn, in his resignation letter, wrote that he “inadvertently” briefed top officials with incomplete information regarding a call with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
“I have sincerely apologized to the president and the vice president, and they have accepted my apology,” the letter read.
Vice President Mike Pence, after being briefed by Flynn, had said in television interviews that Flynn did not discuss sanctions with the ambassador. Flynn later admitted the issue may have been raised, which escalated the matter from a simmering controversy to a full-blown firestorm — resulting in Monday night’s resignation.
Trump has named Lt. Gen Joseph Keith Kellogg, Jr., as his acting national security adviser.
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Fox and Friends that the situation with Flynn had become “increasingly unsustainable.”
“In the end it really was the misleading or the forgetfulness about the characterizing of that conversation that was the lynchpin here,” she said.
The White House earlier said Trump was “evaluating the situation” regarding Flynn’s conversations with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., deepening the uncertainty surrounding Flynn’s future in the new administration.