ABC essentially retracted this entire story: Flynn was asked to contact the Russians AFTER he was elected - he was President-elect.
Its not clear to me if there would have been a crime had he contacted them prior to the election, but . . .
I have trouble with the idea that lying to the FBI is a crime.
The objective is to spin this out to next summer to impact the congressional elections. This uncertainty will last another 18 months. If GOP looses the House then they will impeach on any charge.