White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer attempted to place blame for the delay in the firing of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn on Sally Yates, accusing her of being a political opponent of the President." The move comes as the latest in the White House's attempt to distance itself from the Flynn scandal. The administration has actually tried to blame the Obama administration for the hiring of Flynn, even though President Obama personally warned Trump about Flynn in their first meeting after the election, and despite the fact that the Trump transition team claims to have done its own vetting of the former three star general. Check out more of our coverage of the scandal here:http://citizenslant.com/obama-personally-cautioned-trump-hiring-flynn/ and http://citizenslant.com/trump-divert-yates-testimony-leaks/