"As our press secretary Sean Spicer said later in the daily briefing today, Sean, our White House counsel reviewed that information and concluded that this is not a legal matter," Kellyanne Conway said. | AP Photo Conway echoes Spicer on Flynn after days of discord

Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday that Michael Flynn resigned after an "erosion of trust," moving to echo a line from White House press secretary Sean Spicer after the two repeatedly contradicted each other over Flynn in recent days.

The Conway change of course happened during a pre-taped interview on Fox News set to air Tuesday evening. While talking to anchor Sean Hannity about an earlier contentious interview she'd had with Matt Lauer on NBC News's "Today" show — during which Conway offered an explanation for Flynn's firing that Lauer said "makes no sense" — Conway dropped that explanation and adopted language that paralleled Spicer.


"Just saying that I made no sense, or it made no sense, is inaccurate and unfair in this instance," Conway said, adding: "As our press secretary Sean Spicer said later in the daily briefing today, Sean, our White House counsel reviewed that information and concluded that this is not a legal matter. And ultimate it was a matter of trust. It was an erosion of trust matter."

During his Tuesday briefing, here's what Spicer had to say on the matter: "The evolving and eroding level of trust as a result of this situation in a series of other questionable instances is what led the president to ask for general Flynn’s resignation."

The harmonious language on Flynn signals a shift from the two prominent Trump administration figures, who, along with other White House officials, have spent the past few days contradicting one another on the national security adviser's standing.

Conway on Monday told MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki emphatically that Flynn had "the full confidence of the president," while Spicer told reporters soon afterward that Trump had been “evaluating the situation” on Flynn "for a few weeks."

On Tuesday Conway claimed that it was Flynn who had decided to resign, saying "he made that decision." The statement was contradicted hours later by Spicer, who said "the president decided to ask for [Flynn's] resignation, and he got it.”

The White House counselor also declined to comment on a letter released by the Office of Government Ethics Tuesday that recommended that the White House investigate her and consider disciplinary action for publicly promoting first daughter Ivanka Trump's product line after it was dropped by Nordstrom.

"I don't have a comment on the particular letter that's been sent or any type of investigation," she said. "I've been very straightforward about that particular incident and I'll just -- I'll leave it at that."