Spicer: Flynn’s Clearance Reissued Under Obama with ‘Full Knowledge of His Activities’

REPORTER: “Are you satisfied with the vetting that was done on General Flynn by the transition team before he came on board as the national security adviser?”
SPICER: “That’s a great question, I appreciate you bringing that up. Let’s walk through that for a second. General Flynn was a career military officer who maintained a high level security clearance throughout his career in the military. His clearance was last reissued by the Obama Administration in 2016 with full knowledge of his activities that occurred in 2015, as you point out. The issue is, he was issued a security clearance under the Obama Administration in the spring of 2016. The trip and transactions that you are referring to occurred in December of 2015, from what I understand. So obviously, there is an issue, as you point out, that the Department of Defense's inspector general is looking into. We welcome that. But all of that clearance was made during the Obama Administration and apparently with the knowledge of the trip he took. That’s how the process works and I welcome the Department of Defense's AG review.”