The Clintons are experts at what I call The Double Deceit.
They layer one lie on top of another lie.
They even expect that the second lie will be discovered and examined.
The purpose of the second lie is to throw off any investigators of the original lie/crime.
The Clintons feel that time is on their side. If they can delay an investigation long enough, then they will have gotten away with their original crime.
The lie/crime against Flynn was just a lie/crime to delay the investigation and prosecution of the original crime/lie.
And that original lie/crime is?
Nice deconstruction.