statement before, during, or after the interview. this is a new material claim in the flynn defense. he is having this fbi interview under friendly circumstances with fbi personnel with whom he had reason to believe he was having a sort of cordial or collegial discussion with. they did not warn him at any time, according to flynn s defense counsel that if he lied to the fbi, even in jocular circumstances like that, he would be committing a crime. this is an interesting new claim. okay. back to the filing. prior to the fbi s interview of general flynn, mr. mccabe and other fbi officials, quote, decided the agents would not warn flynn that it was a crime to lie during an fbi interview because they wanted flynn to be relaxed, and they were concerned that giving the warnings might adversely affect the rapport one of the agents reported. what sing that being cited to is this footnote here in terms of these quotes what the fbi agents were thinking and what they decided. here is the footnote
this is a new material claim in the flynn defense. he is having this fbi interview under friendly circumstances with fbi personnel with whom he had reason to believe he was having a sort of cordial or collegial discussion with. they did not warn him at any time, according to flynn s defense counsel, that if he lied to the fbi, even in jocular circumstances like that, he would be committing a crime. this is an interesting new claim. okay. back to the filing. prior to the fbi s interview of general flynn, mr. mccabe and other fbi officials, quote, decided the agents would not warn flynn that it was a crime to lie during an fbi interview because they wanted flynn to be relaxed, and they were concerned that giving the warnings might adversely affect the rapport one of the agents reported. what that s being cited to is this footnote here in terms of these quotes what the fbi agents were thinking and what they decided. here is the footnote that explains where they re getting these quotes.