In late 2017, Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI concerning conversations he had with the Russian ambassador to the United States following President Trump’s surprise victory over Hillary Clinton. Soon after, the case was transferred to Judge Emmet Sullivan’s docket, where it languished for a year while Flynn cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller’s office. During that time, the public learned that the Russian collusion tale peddled by Democrats and the media was false and that the true scandal was the FBI targeting the Trump campaign and its flagrant abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to spy on the Trump team.

Those calling out the Spygate scandal soon recognized the targeting of Flynn played an important role in the scandal. The FBI, then under the “leadership” of Director James Comey, needed to oust Flynn to prevent him from discovering the plot. Flynn, though, coerced by threats from special counsel prosecutors to go after his son, remained mum.