He was head of the NSA so he knows everything. They set him up to be tried so they could slap a gag order on him.  The DOJ said they had no case and told the prosecutors to drop it.  Judge Sullivan refused to let the case go. This kept the gag order on Flynn.  Now that he's pardoned the gag order is lifted.  It should be noted, however, that Flynn did nothing wrong but his family was threatened so he plead guilty.  The investigation showed there was no "there" there so to be pardoned is a necessity if his turn at bat is coming up.  But a pardon sucks because he did nothing to be pardoned for but they need the gag order lifted so he's taking one for the country yet again.  He is a true patriot to go through all of this and then to accept a pardon on top of it.  He deserves to be exonorated.