Bogdanov said. "That's not going to happen". The talks with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were the highest-level public contact between Trump and the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin since the Republican took office on January 20.
Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday, saying he had lost confidence in Comey over his handling of an election-year email scandal involving then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Flynn, a former confidant of President Donald Trump, was sacked 18 days after taking office for failing to disclose that he discussed sanctions with Russia's ambassador in Washington while Barack Obama was still president.