First charges filed in Mueller investigation

[Locknuts]

Nem said:

Locknuts said:

Seems like Trump asked Flynn to speak with the Russians after he was elected President (December) which was Flynn's job at the time. The timing is so important that ABC news got it wrong (claimed that Trump gave the order as a candidate) which caused the stock market to drop. ABC has since made a correction:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/01/media/abc-news-flynn-correction/index.html

I'm not sure why Flynn felt the need to lie to Pence and the FBI but lying seems to be the only thing he's actually done wrong.

I'm not sure what all the hysteria is about. Don't get me wrong: Trump's a dick, but this is a bit silly as far as I can tell. 

Why does anyone lie?

I don't know or care. I just want to know why Flynn lied in this case.