143 Burnham. Yates said that the public statements made by the Vice President denying that Flynn and Kislyak discussed sanctions were not true and put Flynn in a potentially compromised position because the Russians would know he had 144 145 lied. Yates disclosed that Flynn had been interviewed by the FBI. She declined to answer a specific question about how Flynn had performed during 146 that interview, but she indicated that Flynn’s statements to the FBI were similar to the statements he had made to Pence and Spicer denying that he had 147 discussed sanctions. McGahn came away from the meeting with the 148 impression that the FBI had not pinned Flynn down in lies, but he asked John Eisenberg, who served as legal advisor to the National Security Council, to examine potential legal issues raised by Flynn’s FBI interview and his contacts 149 with Kislyak. That afternoon, McGahn notified the President that Yates had come to the 150 White House to discuss concerns about Flynn. McGahn described what Yates 151 had told him, and the President asked him to repeat it, so he did. McGahn recalled that when he described the FBI interview of Flynn, he said that Flynn did not disclose having discussed sanctions with Kislyak, but that there may not 152 have been a clear violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. The President asked about Section 1001, and McGahn explained the law to him, and also explained the 153 Logan Act. The President instructed McGahn to work with Priebus and Bannon to look into the matter further and directed that they not discuss it with 154 any other officials. Priebus recalled that the President was angry with Flynn in light of what Yates had told the White House and said, “not again, this guy, 155 this stuff.” That evening, the President dined with several senior advisors and asked the 156 group what they thought about FBI Director Comey. According to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, who was at the dinner, no one openly 157 advocated terminating Comey but the consensus on him was not positive. 158 Coats told the group that he thought Comey was a good director. Coats encouraged the President to meet Comey face-to-face and spend time with him 159 before making a decision about whether to retain him.