Multiple GOP congressional offices earlier this year received an American flag with an "optical illusion" swastika embedded in it, two Republican sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

The news comes one day after Ohio GOP Rep. Dave Taylor called the flag with the swastika “ vile” and “deeply inappropriate “ after the symbol was seen in one of his staffers’ offices in the background of a meeting.

One of the sources, whose office received a flag back in January, said it was initially difficult to see the flag's swastika with the naked eye, calling it an “optical illusion.” But once they discovered the swastika in the center of the flag, they threw it out, the source said.

The matter is also now being investigated by the GOP-led House Administration Committee, in addition to th

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