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It doesn't matter if people are dying. >> if you're having a little bit of deja vu, it's because this is kind of a repeat of the former president's request, plea back in 2016 when he asked putin to release those hacked e-mails belonging to hillary clinton. and you'll remember when russia's invasion into ukraine first started last month just before it the former president called putin's moves, quote, genius and wonderful. i want to bring in nbc news digital reporter jonathan allen who's been all over this story. jonathan, tell us -- give us the context check here. what do we need to know about ...

Fbi might have manipulated his testimony by old familiar sources, peter guyger and lisa page. what do you make of this? >> this is a high-stakes battle. the problem for general flynn is he has pled guilty and told them he doesn't want his plea back because if he got his plea back that would relieve the government of their obligations under the deal and they could prosecute him for anything. the high-stakes strategy he is employing is to try to throw the case out entirely on government misconduct and that requires showing the government acted in a way that shocked the conscience of the court. t...