‘The Russians also knew’: Sally Yates confirms she warned White House that Flynn could be blackmailed
"According to Yates, this meant the Russian government could have held this information over Flynn’s head as a form of blackmail. “To state the obvious, you don’t want your national security adviser compromised by the Russians,” Yates said. Despite this revelation, however, the Trump administration did not fire Flynn for more than two weeks when details of his talks with Russian officials leaked to the Washington Post."
