White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said early Tuesday that Michael Flynn knew he had become “a lightning rod” when he made his decision to resign as President Trump’s national security adviser.

“No, not at all. Both were true,” Conway told NBC’s “Today” when asked if she was out of the loop regarding Flynn after saying yesterday that he had Trump’s “full confidence.”

“The president is very loyal. He’s a very loyal person,” Conway said Tuesday. “And by night’s end, Mike Flynn had decided it was best to resign. He knew he had become a lightning rod and he made that decision.”

Flynn resigned late Monday after reports that he provided misinformation to Vice President Pence and other White House officials about a call he had with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak.

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“I have sincerely apologized to the president and the vice president, and they have accepted my apology,” Flynn said in his resignation letter.

As House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called for Trump to fire Flynn on Monday, Conway insisted that the national security adviser enjoyed “the full confidence of the president.”

Flynn faced mounting criticism after reports that he discussed fresh sanctions from the Obama administration with Russia’s ambassador before Trump's inauguration, which he denied to Pence.

Pence defended Flynn during a Jan. 15 appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” saying Flynn denied discussing sanctions with Kislyak.

But Flynn later said he did not recall if the sanctions were discussed.