Is that a thing a guy like that knows all about because he's seen it many times or heard about it from other people or is he still naive somehow?
He trusted the FBI and thought (knew) he hasn't done anything wrong. The choice of his attorneys came at the time there was this huge media scandal about a nothingburger of a phone call with the Russian ambassador. But Flynn could have been emotionally distressed by the media hype that I don't know. The attacks came from every news outlet. There were calls of treason. Then about two three months later Mueller started to go after him. That's when the evil guys strike. They knew he was under pressure, being accused heavily in the media, but I bet they assured him, it was a nothingburger, they were from a major lawfirm and probably said they wanted the case because he was high profile guy and they were on his side. He felt supported, they didn't told him they were Obama guys working in the same offices of Eric Holder... and he decided, in that expedited media environment, to take them. In fact I remember that some people (nat sec officials?) recommended them to him before he met them. We now know that they were such evil attorneys, that when asked by Flynn to call the FBI and verify again if the FBI really thought he lied, they faked a phone call, went to the room nearby and talked in the air a few minutes and came back with a false answer of "yes they believe you lied to them and now you're in trouble, you must plaid guilty to lying". That's literally what happened.
He trusted the FBI and thought (knew) he hasn't done anything wrong. The choice of his attorneys came at the time there was this huge media scandal about a nothingburger of a phone call with the Russian ambassador. But Flynn could have been emotionally distressed by the media hype that I don't know. The attacks came from every news outlet. There were calls of treason. Then about two three months later Mueller started to go after him. That's when the evil guys strike. They knew he was under pressure, being accused heavily in the media, but I bet they assured him, it was a nothingburger, they were from a major lawfirm and probably said they wanted the case because he was high profile guy and they were on his side. He felt supported, they didn't told him they were Obama guys working in the same offices of Eric Holder... and he decided, in that expedited media environment, to take them. In fact I remember that some people (nat sec officials?) recommended them to him before he met them. We now know that they were such evil attorneys, that when asked by Flynn to call the FBI and verify again if the FBI really thought he lied, they faked a phone call, went to the room nearby and talked in the air a few minutes and came back with a false answer of "yes they believe you lied to them and now you're in trouble, you must plaid guilty to lying". That's literally what happened.