A federal judge on Friday stressed to former national security adviser Michael Flynn the importance of cooperating with prosecutors in order to get a reduced sentence.

U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras accepted Flynn’s guilty plea to a single felony count for lying to the FBI about two contacts with Russian officials and told Flynn he faces a maximum five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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