Then-Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn testifies before a full committee hearing on "Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States" at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington on March 12, 2013. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
When retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn stood before Judge Rudolph Contreras in a Washington courtroom on Dec. 1, 2017, and pleaded guilty to making a false statement to two FBI agents during an interview at the White House in January of that year, nobody could have predicted the yearslong absurdity that was to unfold.
