The frothy right has been claiming Flynn's lies weren't material bc FBI already knew what he said to Kislyak. But FBI DIDN'T know that Flynn had coordinated his message with Mar-a-Lago. And that's what makes the lies material.

The frothy right has been claiming Flynn's lies weren't material bc FBI already knew what he said to Kislyak.

But FBI DIDN'T know that Flynn had coordinated his message with Mar-a-Lago. And that's what makes the lies material.

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 21, 2020