David Gergen actually said...
It's unimaginable that the White House General Counsel would sit on it and not tell anybody else in the White House. At the minimum, he would tell the chief of staff. In every White House I've ever known, it would go to the president like that.
Context
Gergen emphasizes the seriousness of the information regarding Flynn and the expectation that it would be communicated to the president.
02/12/2017