, ▁U . S . ▁intelligence ▁officials ▁shared ▁an ▁account ▁indicating ▁that ▁such ▁discuss ions ▁did ▁in ▁fact ▁take ▁place . ▁Following ▁this ▁revel ation , ▁F lyn n ' s ▁sp okes man ▁released ▁a ▁statement ▁that ▁F lyn n ▁" ind ic ated ▁that ▁while ▁he ▁had ▁no ▁re collection ▁of ▁discuss ing ▁san ctions , ▁he ▁couldn ' t ▁be ▁certain ▁that ▁the ▁topic ▁never ▁came ▁up ". ▁ ▁F lyn n ▁was ▁an ▁important ▁link ▁in ▁the ▁connections ▁between ▁Put in ▁and ▁Trump ▁in ▁the ▁" U k raine ▁peace ▁plan ", ▁an ▁uno fficial ▁plan ▁" organ ized ▁outside ▁regular ▁diplom atic ▁channels ... ▁at ▁the ▁beh est ▁of ▁top ▁a ides ▁to ▁President ▁Put in ". ▁This ▁plan , ▁aim ed ▁at ▁eas ing ▁the ▁san ctions ▁im posed ▁on ▁Russia , ▁progress ed ▁from ▁Put in ▁and ▁his ▁advis ors ▁to ▁Ukrain ian ▁politician ▁And rey ▁Ar tem en ko , ▁Felix ▁S ater , ▁Michael ▁C ohen , ▁and ▁F lyn n , ▁where ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁then ▁presented ▁it ▁to ▁Trump . ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁reported ▁that ▁S ater ▁delivered ▁the ▁plan ▁" in ▁a ▁se aled ▁en velope " ▁to ▁C ohen , ▁who ▁then ▁passed ▁it ▁on ▁to ▁F lyn n ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁just ▁before ▁his ▁res ignation . ▁ ▁D ismiss al ▁and ▁investigation ▁ ▁On ▁February ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁F lyn n ▁res igned ▁as ▁National