Trump knew about Flynn’s Russian calls, but ‎kept from VP

US President Trump was reportedly told six days into his ‎presidency that his former national security adviser Michael ‎Flynn misled the vice president about his phone calls with ‎Russia, but did not tell his second-in-command.‎

Trump, after learning about the phone calls, kept Vice ‎President Pence in the dark about Flynn’s conversations with ‎Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, the Associated Press ‎reported Tuesday, citing White House officials.‎

Pence and other officials emphatically defended Flynn in the ‎weeks leading up to his resignation.‎

‎“They did not discuss anything having to do with the United ‎States’ decision to expel diplomats or impose censure against ‎Russia,” Pence said in a televised interview with CBS News ‎last month.‎

Marc Lotter, a Pence spokesman, said the vice president only ‎became aware that he had received “incomplete ‎information” from Flynn after the first Washington Post ‎report last Thursday. Pence learned about the Justice ‎Department warnings to the White House around the same ‎time.‎

Pence and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus played ‎an integral role in Flynn’s resignation, sources told Fox News.‎