Pence ‘disappointed’ that Flynn gave him false information

Flynn resigned recently, just three weeks into the job, after admitting that he had discussed lifting sanctions on Moscow with Russian Amb. Sergey Kislyak weeks before he took up his role in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

“I was disappointed to learn that the facts that had been conveyed to me by General Flynn were inaccurate.

“But I fully support the president’s decision to ask for his resignation,’’ Pence said during a visit to Brussels.

Pence said that the issue was handled properly and in a timely way.

Under the U.S. Logan Act, it is illegal for a private citizen, as Flynn was at the time, to engage in diplomacy with foreign officials.

However, no person has ever been prosecuted under the law in the over 200 years it has existed.

Instead, it was what Flynn did not tell the vice president about the phone calls that reportedly led to Trump asking for his resignation.

Flynn had told Pence that he had not discussed anything related to the sanctions during a Dec. 29 phone call with Kislyak.

Pence then repeated the claim in television interviews.

Report says the U.S. Congress, which is already looking into allegations of Russian interference in the election, is now facing calls to hold investigations into the affair.