Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., made a great mess of things Thursday when he claimed incorrectly that former national security adviser Mike Flynn was defying a congressional subpoena.

Burr, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Flynn’s counsel had informed the senators that the retired general wouldn’t comply with the subpoena’s order to turn over all documents related to the committees’ investigation of Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 election.