Trump knew Michael Flynn had conflicts of interests with Turkey, but hired him anyway

MSNBC reported today that the Trump transition team conducted a background check on Michael Flynn before naming him National Security Adviser and they knew he had conflicts of interests with Turkey, but they hired him anyway.

.@maddow reports: NBC News has learned both the Trump transition and the White House *did* perform a background check on Michael Flynn. pic.twitter.com/0ua4Rjz2tv

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 29, 2017

Of course, the White House didn't fire Flynn for that, but for not telling Mike Pence Flynn had spoken to the Russian ambassador about lifting sanctions to Russia.

So conflicts of interests? No big deal. That's what the swamp is for, right?