He knew damn well what they were investigating and didn't have to talk to them, or if he did, he could have come clean. He chose to lie and try to cover it up. That simple and it’s a felony. Like Bill Clinton lying in that perjury trap of a depo that Starr et al had set up. He got what he deserved the same way. He knew the game and tried to beat it. He lost, so did Flynn. It has zero to do with IC abuses.