officials involved in the interview were themselves being interviewed for misconduct. it your contention that any misconduct by any member of the fbi raises any degree of doubt that mr. flynn intentionally lied to the fbi? kelner, the defense tern, no, your honor. the references that i mention that appear in your sentencing memorandum raise some concerns on the part of the court. and my question is how is raising those contentions about the circumstances under which mr. flynn lied consistent with his acceptance of responsibility? later on in the proceedings, this is where flynn's lawyer essentially decide to take responsibility for that himself and basically apologize to the court for having raised it. the judge says, quote, let -- excuse me. the defense lawyer says the judge, let me make very clear, your honor, that the decisions how to frame general flynn's sentencing memorandum made by counsel, made by me, made by mr. anthony, the other defense counsel, those decisions are