That Flynn was one of the premier intelligence operatives in the country seems to have temporarily slipped from the minds of his most blind and ardent defenders.

The Trump cheerleaders at American Greatness call the case against Flynn a ” set-up,” referring to lying to federal investigators, as the Mueller filing demonstrates, a premeditated decision, as “walk[ing] back his initial denial.”

Kurt Schlichter calls it a “disgraceful persecution,” as though Flynn wasn’t actually guilty of intentionally lying to the FBI.

Gateway Pundit ran with the conspiracy that Flynn was framed, claiming that not only was he the victim of a perjury trap, but that federal investigators made up his lies in the first place. Sean Davis suggested the same, insinuating that since Mueller did not release the FBI interview with Flynn that they simply fabricated it.