When did you become such an alarmist over lying to the FBI? Flynn admitted to it because it was a lesser charge than his involvement in a Turkish plot to kidnap a Turkish dissident, but all we heard from the Right was it was no big deal. So it wasn't a big deal for the NSA to not only materially lie to FBI investigators probing his communication with Russian officials concerning US official policy (energy sanctions over Crimea), but for some reason an unknown lawyer and the question of whether or not he had a client has got you atwitter?
Again Flynn plead GUILTY to lying, because he wanted to protect his son who was up to his eyeballs in a plot to kidnap an American citizen and surreptitiously turn him over to Turkish authorities. For a $ 15 Million BOUNTY... THAT didn't bother you?
Michael Flynn's lawyer strongly rejects reports that he was promised millions of dollars by Turkey.
www.bbc.com
Again if the Trump campaign doesn't make moves that set off alarm bells in the spring of 2016 (hiring Manafort and Page) there is no reason for anyone to become suspicious of ties between Trump and Putin. Offici8al US policy at the time was sanctions on Putin's energy industry, because of the invasion of Crimea. So Trump hires for his campaign the architect of Putin's attempt to subvert Ukraine from within and install a puppet Government (Manafort) as well as an outspoken critic of US sanctions who brags about planning to attend a conference in Moscow later in the summer to speak against the sanctions. Who the hell does that?
So consequently, people start to wonder what the hell is going on? That's why and when the questions about Trump's ties to Putin started to alarm people...