Country Quote by Donald Trump

General Mike Flynn obviously was dealing with Russia. So that's one person. But he was dealing, as he should have been.

— Donald Trump

[Michael Flynn is] someone who has advocated for a much tighter ties with Russia and had raised some eyebrows in terms of some of…

— John Heilemann

[Donald] Trump's incoming national security adviser, Michael Flynn, spoke on the phone with Russia's ambassador the same day President Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats…

— Donald Trump

The extraordinary thing that we saw here is the incoming national security adviser, Michael Flynn, basically having a text messages back and forth with…

— Katrina vanden Heuvel

General [Michael] Flynn has been in touch with diplomatic leaders, security leaders in some 30 countries. That's exactly what the incoming national security advisor…

— Mike Pence

[Dinner with Vladimir Putin has] raised a lot of eyebrows among national security officials who looked at [Michael Flynn] and thought these kind of…

— John Heilemann

Why is it that Michael Flynn, who evidently has a great relationship with Putin, who has received payments for so-called speeches and who's spent…

— Maxine Waters

There's certain things that we do work with Russia on, and then there's certain things when they do something wrong, I have no problem…

— Nikki Haley

[Michael Flynn is not] the kind of person who is going to be more buttoned-up kind of military figure and that partisan tone.

— John Heilemann

I think it really came down to two basic things, one, what General Mike Flynn did, and just what he discussed with the Russian…

— Greg Miller

I have nothing to do with Russia. Haven't made a phone call to Russia in years. Don't speak to people from Russia. Not that…

— Donald Trump

I don't know General Michael Flynn well, but it's hard for me to believe anybody would allow themselves to be blackmailed by the Russians…

— Robert M. Gates