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I kind of feel it started off with Flynn deciding to lie about what he talked about, even though he had some idea that the conversation might have been taped.

It was a silly lie, a lie about something that did not matter at all, but when the government is out to get you, any lie is all they need.

Sure, Comey, Stroyk, and McCabe all lied under oath, and one of them has actually been fired for it, and none of them face a single day of jail. But that’s because government is corrupt.

That they ALL lie is unmistakably clear....it's now about how to make 'determinations' that stay within the boundaries of law.

Your verbiage "Flynn deciding to lie about what he talked about" I think is jumping to a conclusion that might not be warranted.

If you read this Byron York article from the Washington Examiner (a factual article) from early in this year, it is pretty clear that if there was indeed deception, it was benign.

Byron York: Comey told Congress FBI agents didn't think Michael Flynn lied.

Here is the core of it from that article: "...Despite the high level of classification, word of the Justice Department's concerns got to the press. On Jan. 12, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reported that Flynn and Kislyak had talked. "What did Flynn say, and did it undercut U.S. sanctions?" Ignatius asked. "The Logan Act (though never enforced) bars U.S. citizens from correspondence intending to influence a foreign government about 'disputes' with the United States. Was its spirit violated?" Three days later, on Jan. 15, Vice President-elect Mike Pence (remember, this was all happening before the Trump administration took office) denied that Flynn had discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador. "They [Flynn and Kislyak] did not discuss anything having to do with the United States' decision to expel diplomats or impose censure against Russia," Pence told CBS..."

Here is what took place as I see it:

During the transition period (Late December 2016) Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyakto calls Gen. Flynn while he is on vacation in the Dominican Republic. During the discussion (being recorded by the NSA as is standard with calls from foreign nationals) Flynn was asked about the Magintsky Act by the Russian Ambassador.
On December 29, Gen. Flynn speaks with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyakto and asks him to ask Putin not to retaliate for sanctions.
On Jan. 12, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reported that Flynn and Kislyak had talked. "What did Flynn say, and did it undercut U.S. sanctions?" Ignatius asked. "The Logan Act (though never enforced) bars U.S. citizens from correspondence intending to influence a foreign government about 'disputes' with the United States. Was its spirit violated?" LEAKING THIS TO DAVID IGNATIUS WAS A FELONY OFFENSE. WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE? IGNATIUS DESCRIBED THE SOURCE AS "A SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. MY OPINION IS SALLY YATES OR JOHN BRENNAN.
On Jan. 14, Flynn told VP Elect Pence that he didn't discuss Magintsky Act with the Russian Ambassador.
On Jan. 22, the Wall Street Journal reported that "U.S. counterintelligence agents have investigated communications" between Flynn and Kislyak. The investigation "aimed to determine the nature of Mr. Flynn's contact with Russian officials and whether such contacts may have violated laws."
On Jan. 24, Flynn interviewed by FBI
On Feb. 13, Flynn resigns.

Keep in mind all this time leading up to his interview with the FBI, Flynn did not have a copy of the transcript of the phone call with the Russian Ambassador, but he was surely aware there was one, being well versed in these things. So Comey said under oath that the FBI initially did not feel Flynn was being deceptive. Flynn went into the meeting feeling he was talking to peers to work together to resolve some issue, so his guard was down.

Apparently, the FBI fostered that, and Comey bragged about luring him into that trap. Openly bragged about it.

With all this information, that there was a transcript the FBI and Justice had, and Flynn did not have though it is a certainty he knew it existed, is it possible that Flynn did not specifically remember? When he was called on vacation in the Dominican Republic, could he have been impaired, even a little? Why would he deliberately lie, knowing there was a transcript as he surely did? And Comey, under oath, said there was no deception? In my book, the people who leaked that information (about the conversation Gen. Flynn had with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyakto) to the press should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.