Trump team: Top adviser talked with Russian ambassador before U.S. hacking response

The man tapped to be national security adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, retired Gen. Michael Flynn, exchanged text messages and spoke with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, in December — around the time of the Obama administration’s response to Russian interference during the presidential campaign, a spokesman for Trump acknowledged Friday.
But Sean Spicer, the spokesman and incoming White House press secretary, insisted all of this contact happened befor