telling them the truth. the defendant on doubtly was aware in light of his many years working with the fbi that lying to the fbi carries serious consequences. well, nonetheless, those same prosecutors also stood by their recommendation that flynn's sentence be at the low end of the guidelines range because of how much he has agreed to cooperate. he pleaded guilty in 2015, the charge was lying to the fbi about his conversations with the russian kbamambassador, sergey kislyak. then on the 26th of january, the act attorney general, sally yates tells the white house about flynn lying and being vulnerable to blackmail. february 9th, "the washington post" breaks the news that flynn talked to kislyak about sanctions. february 13th, flynn resigns.