White House says Trump did not know Flynn was representing TurkeyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday that President Donald Trump did not know until this week that his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, had been working as a representative for Turkey, although the issue was raised with the Trump team before the Republican took office. Flynn acted as a foreign agent representing the interests of Turkey’s government in exchange for more than $500,000 during last year’s presidential campaign even as he was advising  Trump, the New York Times said on Friday.  White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters Flynn’s lobbying was a personal and business matter, and it was up to him to decide when to register. Asked if Trump had not been aware that former general Flynn was working as a foreign agent, Spicer said: “Correct... You wouldn’t know that until he filed. He didn’t file until two days ago.”  Some U.S. lawmakers have questioned Flynn’s relationship with the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Before Trump’s inauguration, Flynn’s ties to Turkey were widely reported and he wrote an article urging the United States to cultivate better relations with Erdogan. Trump fired Flynn last month for discussing U.S. sanctions on Russia with the Russian ambassador to the United States before Trump took office on Jan. 20 and misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the conversations. Before Trump took office, Flynn’s lawyer contacted the presidential transition team about his work for Turkey to ask what he should do, Spicer said. The lawyer was told “it was up to the personal lawyer to work with the appropriate authorities ... to determine what was appropriate and what was not appropriate in terms of filing,” Spicer said. “We trust people to fill out the forms that they are required to do so in an honest and legal manner, and in this case he retroactively filed the forms he was supposed to do,” he said. “We did the right thing then, and we expect every employee to follow the law.” Spicer said he did not know whether Flynn had disclosed his lobbying work in the security clearance review before he became national security adviser.         politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: White House says Trump did not know Flynn was representing TurkeyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday that President Donald Trump did not know until this week that his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, had been working as a representative for Turkey, although the issue was raised with the Trump team before the Republican took office. Flynn acted as a foreign agent representing the interests of Turkey’s government in exchange for more than $500,000 during last year’s presidential campaign even as he was advising  Trump, the New York Times said on Friday.  White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters Flynn’s lobbying was a personal and business matter, and it was up to him to decide when to register. Asked if Trump had not been aware that former general Flynn was working as a foreign agent, Spicer said: “Correct... You wouldn’t know that until he filed. He didn’t file until two days ago.”  Some U.S. lawmakers have questioned Flynn’s relationship with the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Before Trump’s inauguration, Flynn’s ties to Turkey were widely reported and he wrote an article urging the United States to cultivate better relations with Erdogan. Trump fired Flynn last month for discussing U.S. sanctions on Russia with the Russian ambassador to the United States before Trump took office on Jan. 20 and misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the conversations. Before Trump took office, Flynn’s lawyer contacted the presidential transition team about his work for Turkey to ask what he should do, Spicer said. The lawyer was told “it was up to the personal lawyer to work with the appropriate authorities ... to determine what was appropriate and what was not appropriate in terms of filing,” Spicer said. “We trust people to fill out the forms that they are required to do so in an honest and legal manner, and in this case he retroactively filed the forms he was supposed to do,” he said. “We did the right thing then, and we expect every employee to follow the law.” Spicer said he did not know whether Flynn had disclosed his lobbying work in the security clearance review before he became national security adviser.         politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: white house says trump know flynn representing turkeywashington reuters the white house said friday president donald trump know week former national security adviser michael flynn working representative turkey although issue raised trump team republican took office flynn acted foreign agent representing interests turkey government exchange last year presidential campaign even advising trump new york times said friday white house spokesman sean spider told reporters flynn lobbying personal business matter decide register asked trump aware former general flynn working foreign agent spider said correct you know filed he file two days some lawmakers questioned flynn relationship government turkish president recap tayyip erdogan before trump inauguration flynn ties turkey widely reported wrote article urging united states cultivate better relations erdogan trump fired flynn last month discussing sanctions russia russian ambassador united states trump took office misleading vice president mike pence conversations before trump took office flynn lawyer contacted presidential transition team work turkey ask spider said the lawyer told personal lawyer work appropriate authorities determine appropriate appropriate terms filing spider said we trust people fill forms required honest legal manner case retroactively filed forms supposed said we right thing expect every employee follow spider said know whether flynn disclosed lobbying work security clearance review became national security adviser politicsnews