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🚨4-27-17 White House Press Briefing🚨 General Flynn was vetted by Obama admin and had his security clearance renewed by the Obama admin in 2016. Trump told us! Reporter: You may have seen the news of the office of the inspector general announcing it launched an investigation into the payment that the former national security advisor Michael Flynn received prior to becoming the national security advisor from RT, Russia Today, Which is an entity of Russian Government. What is your reaction that first of all? Sean: I think that’s appropriate. If they think there is wrong doing that that the department inspector general to look into that. Reporter: are you satisfied with the vetting of General Flynn by the transition team before he came on board as the National Security Advisor Sean: so that’s a great question. I appreciate you bringing that up. Let’s walk through that for a second. General Flynn was a career military officer who maintained a high level security clearance throughout his career in the military. His clearance was last reissued by the Obama Administration in the 2016 with full knowledge of his activities in 2015 as you point out. So the issue, you know, he was issued a security clearance under the Obama Administration in the spring of 2016. The trip and transactions occurred in December 2015. From what I understand. So, you know, obviously, there’s an issue that as you point out The Department of Defense Inspector is looking into. We welcome that…. But all of that clearance was made by the Obama — during the Obama and apparently with knowledge of the trio he took so that’s how the process works and I welcome the department of defense review. More…