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m ihc Lumplczlmi olilm session. the Pmsinlcnz thanked everyone and said he wnnimi to speak Wth me alone The A5 lingered momennrlly lay my chmr. hui [lie liresiilenrrhankud him and said liu wanted to meet wlrhjliii. Ilc repealed this nl lsast one mnrr time to usher people out Everyan im except lured Kushnor. whii stopped by my chair to shake hands and exchange picasariiries, lncluding a fewhl'iel l-Imrda about the challenge: of the Email invnstigalinn Thi‘ Presidenkjnined in this final exchange biinhen [all] Mr Kushner that he wanted to meet with rm: Thar hill the lwn unis ulimv

iir hogan by saying he wanmi w “ralk about Mike Flynn." Hr than said that. alrhllugh (-‘lynn "hiisln’l done anything wrong" In hls cull wlih ihc Rusuinns (u piiuii lu‘ made at leasmilii more LImL‘S in the canvei-sarlon), he had to let him gu because lic misled the Vice Prusidcni, whnm ha dcscrlbeu as "a grim guy" He exvlained ilirii I": inst cnu|dn't havi Flynn “\‘Sllfldmg the Vice President and. iii any event he had lllhl’l‘ mncsrns about Flynn. and had a gm: guy comlng in, an he had in let Flynn all

llr iisiu-d me in had seen Scan Spirnr's press briefing mday and l mulled ihaii liniln‘l. He and he had drineagreailob nfexplalning why they did whnr maydia.

iiu l'hon asked if 'yiiii saw my Tweet :his morning" and qulckly added mat"it Ls i‘ually alimiiihn luaks.” He then reviewed in snmc dzmil rho leaks of his calls with ilii» luallors nrMuxirii nml Ausimlin, including how rhr rnlls hail gum, hOWIIL' assumed that rails ho midi: on "this beautiful phone [touching ml‘ gray phiinc uri iln~ Lies-kl" were coniidiintinl. how I( cauldn‘thave come mini ihr erirans ur Australians, how the transcripts acmdllylncludc thlngs l1l‘ doesn't remember saying {mind Lhey suy i have (ME ii! thz world‘s greatest memories’]. and thal it mukus IN look Lerrlblc on have (hgsr things leaking He then referred at length m the laaks

i nlalung to Mikv Flynn‘ call mm the Russians. which he slressed was not wmng in nny wny ("he made kits ofcalls"). hui lhatthe leaks were terrible

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