But Flynn -- and the other members of Team Trump -- know that, at the very least, the optics of such an alliance are terrible. Hence the request for secret Russian comms; the furtive meeting in the Seychelles; and Flynn& #39;s lies about the call with the Russian ambo.
What do you call a group of people so hungry for an alliance with America& #39;s attackers that they& #39;re willing to lie about it at every turn? If you& #39;re on Team Trump, you call it "no big deal." But you can see why the FBI might have labeled that a major intelligence risk.
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