mike flynn calls the russian ambassador, according to the washington post and says, hey, hey, hey, don't worry about those sanctions. we're going to have a different attitude toward those sanctions, don't retaliate, et cetera. the washington post reports that, that ends up being relevant to the subsequent interview of flynn on that subject. the post's story queried whether the defendant's actions violated the logan act which prohibits u.s. citizens from core responding with a foreign government with the intent to influence the foreign government. subsequent to the publication of the post article, members of president-elect trump's transition team publicly stated they had spoken to the defendant and he denied speaking to the russian ambassador about the sanctions. all right, so that's what the fbi is facing, in the first week of the trump administration,