# Acting AG Yates warns White House that Flynn could be compromised

Date: 2017

On 26 January 2017 acting Attorney General [Sally Yates](/people/sally-yates) phoned [White House](/organizations/white-house) counsel Don McGahn and then met him to warn that National Security Adviser [Michael Flynn](/people/michael-flynn) had misled officials about his contacts with Russia's ambassador and could be open to Russian blackmail. The FBI had interviewed Flynn two days earlier.

## People

- Sally Yates: https://factrail.ai/people/sally-yates

## Sources

- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/08/sally-yates-trump-russia-michael-flynn-blackmail-compromised
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/yates-says-flynn-could-have-been-blackmailed-clapper-knocks-collusion-narrative

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/yates-warns-white-house-about-flynn-2017-01-26