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Michael Flynn's Ties To Turkey Raise Legal Questions

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Michael Flynn, President Trump's national security adviser, attends a press conference by Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Trump in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 13, 2017 in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
Michael Flynn, President Trump's national security adviser, attends a press conference by Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Trump in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 13, 2017 in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

Ten days before President Trump's inauguration, his designated national security adviser Michael Flynn stopped a U.S. military action against ISIS that Turkey opposed. Flynn was being paid to lobby on Turkey's behalf, unbeknownst to the Obama administration officials he was working with.

Here & Now's Robin Young talks with Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) of McClatchy News, who has done a deep dive on Flynn's Turkey connection.

This segment aired on May 23, 2017.

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