
Lt. General Michael Flynn (ret.), shown here at Trump Tower, resigned on Monday night as President's Trump national security advisor. But this is just the beginning of the story, and the questions, not the end. (Photo: Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty)
Michael Flynn and the 6 Big Questions
The American public deserves to know the answers to at least the first five of these questions, and will then make a judgment on the sixth:
1. Why didn't Trump act sooner to fire Flynn? He knew about Flynn's contact with the Russian ambassador at least since January, when then-acting attorney general Sally Yates notified the White House that Flynn had "put himself in a compromising position" with his phone call to the Russian ambassador.
2. What, if anything, did Trump authorize Michael Flynn to tell the Russians before the inauguration?