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On the recordFebruary 9, 2017
What I can confirm, having spoken to him about it, is that those conversations that happened to occur around the time that the United States took action to expel diplomats had nothing whatsoever to do with those sanctions.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

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Mike Pence denies any connection between Flynn's conversations with the Russian ambassador and U.S. sanctions.

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