Tim Ryan

Judge Emmet Sullivan has taken his seat and we're underway.

Sullivan is going through Flynn's claims that he was mislead by the FBI in the Jan. 24 interview. That's the interview where he lied to FBI agents and he says the FBI encouraged him to do it without attorneys and did not notify him it was a crime to lie to federal agents.

Sullivan says those claims could "affect or call into question" Flynn's plea or at the least his acceptance of responsibility Flynn is at the podium now, answering questions about the claims. Flynn says he does not wish to challenge the circumstances of his FBI interview

Sullivan asks if Flynn is still willing to accept responsibility for his actions. "I am your honor," Flynn responds.

Flynn's attorney, Robert Kelner, says they raised the concerns about the FBI interview because they wanted to distinguish from other Mueller cases where people have gotten jail time. He said those people, specifically George Papadopoulos, had more notice than Flynn did.

Sullivan says there remains a factual basis to accept the plea and confirms with Flynn that he does not want to try to withdraw it.

Sullivan is now going over the facts of Flynn's case. He's largely reading from the statement of offense filed in December 2017 when Flynn first entered his plea.

Sullivan going into his sentencing considerations now. "This is a very serious offense," Sullivan said. "A high ranking senior official of the government making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation while on the physical premises of the White House."