administration authorized flynn's conversation with kislyak, but a former obama administration told cnn that claim from the trump white house is, quote, laughable. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. let's bring in troy sladen, troy, a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor joining us us from los angeles. let's talk about this legally. mr. flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. it is described to have a good deal for him, all things considered, which leads to the question now is there there an expectation that mr. flynn has a story to tell? absolutely. both by the terms of the plea dealist as well as general flynn's public statement. and he had a lot of criminal exposure. each count of highing to the if fbi carries with it a maximum of five years in federal prison. now, what they did was they