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Joe Biden Admits He Was ‘Aware’ Of Flynn Investigation, Claims Trump’s Concerns Are Just A ‘Diversion’ From Coronavirus

Emily Zanotti
Joe Biden Admits He Was ‘Aware’ Of Flynn Investigation, Claims Trump’s Concerns Are Just A ‘Diversion’ From Coronavirus
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Former Vice President Joe Biden admitted, in an interview with Good Morning America Tuesday, that he was “aware” of an Obama-era Department of Justice investigation into whether former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn was collaborating with Russian officials but says Trump is using Flynn as a “diversion” from his poor performance on coronavirus.

Biden first denied, in the interview, that he knew of any pending investigation against Flynn — an investigation that increasingly seems as though it was orchestrated by Obama administration officials to paint the Trump campaign, and later the Trump administration, as a puppet of the Russian government. Pressed on the issue, however, Biden was forced to say he was “aware” that the Obama White House had concerns about Flynn.

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