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17 Days Ago.
That's when the NYT reports that Trump was informed that Flynn was likely compromised.
Trump Was Informed 17 Days Ago That Flynn Had Not Been Truthful
Mr. Spicer said Mr. Trump was informed 17 days ago by Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel, that his national security adviser had not been truthful when he told Vice President Mike Pence that he had not discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador...
Mr. Spicer said Mr. Trump was informed 17 days ago by Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel, that his national security adviser had not been truthful when he told Vice President Mike Pence that he had not discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/donald-trump-administration-michael-flynn-resignation.html?_r=0
Let's have a look at what was in the news on January 28...17 days ago...
Russia charges four top intelligence officials with treason
Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The Russian government arrested four men for treason after an investigation that U.S. intelligence officials speculated was in response to their own inquiry about Russia's hacking of the U.S. presidential election.
The men arrested include three high profile leaders of its intelligence agency and a contractor working for the cybersecurity office of the Russian national intelligence agency FSB, the successor to the KGB....
Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The Russian government arrested four men for treason after an investigation that U.S. intelligence officials speculated was in response to their own inquiry about Russia's hacking of the U.S. presidential election.
The men arrested include three high profile leaders of its intelligence agency and a contractor working for the cybersecurity office of the Russian national intelligence agency FSB, the successor to the KGB....
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/01/28/Russia-charges-four-top-intelligence-officials-with-treason/6631485636704/
Now, while the arrests seem to have happened in December, it was on Jan. 27-28 that "US officials" appear to have begun talking to the press about it. Interesting "coincidence", don't you think?
17 days to act, 17 days of continued risk to US interests.
(And of course Trump knew even before then, but 17 days is provable).
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