ynn&#x2019;s resignation and speaking
privately to Comey, the President sought to have Deputy National Security Advisor K.T.
McFarland draft an internal letter stating that the President had not directed Flynn to
discuss sanctions with Kislyak. McFarland declined because she did not know
whether that was true, and a White House Counsel&#x2019;s Office attorney thought that
the request would look like a quid pro quo for an ambassadorship she had been
offered.
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