Trump aide: Flynn talked logistics with Russian ambassador

National Security Adviser-designate Michael Flynn. (Photo: Kathy Willens, AP)

A spokesman for Donald Trump said incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn spoke with the Russian ambassador to the United States late last month, but the discussion involved schedules rather than policy.

Flynn and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak talked about plans to set up a call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump after the latter becomes U.S. president on Jan. 20, Trump transition spokesman Sean Spicer said.

"They exchanged logistical information," Spicer said. "That was all."

Washington Post columnist David Ignatius first reported on the Flynn-Kislyak conversation, noting that it came around the time that the Obama administration imposed sanctions on Russia officials over the hacking of Democratic officials close to Hillary Clinton.

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